The status and characteristics of the goat (Capra hircus) and its potential role as a significant milk producer in the tropics: A review

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 203-215

  Knights, M ^a   Garcia, G W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Dairy goat; Milk; Potential; Review; Status; Tropics

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; BUBALUS; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0040567358     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-4488(96)00977-7     Document Type: Review

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