Possible causes of differences in glucose metabolism between Angora goats of two different phenotypes

Animal Science

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 705-711

  Cronje P B ^a,b  

^a Irene Animal Production Institute   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Angora; Glucose; Goats; Metabolism; Phenotypes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039491587     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1357729800009280     Document Type: Article

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