Estimating reproduction ability of Hungarian Merino rams

Archiv fur Tierzucht

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 459-468

  Póti, Peter ^a   Bedõ, Sándor ^a   Mézes, Miklós ^a   Tõzsér, János ^a  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Libido; Merino; Rams; Scrotal circumference; Spermquality; Testosteron

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039440672     PISSN: 00039438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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