Maedi-visna impact on productivity in Quebec sheep flocks (Canada)

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 125-137

  Arsenault, Julie ^a   Dubreuil, Pascal ^a   Girard, Christiane ^a   Simard, Carole ^b   Bélanger, Denise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Maedi visna; Multi level models; Production impact; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; LAMB; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0038198828     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(03)00086-2     Document Type: Article

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