Mink kit growth performance in the suckling period

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica A: Animal Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 240-246

  Hansen, Bente Krogh ^a   Berg, Peer ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Additive direct effect; Body length; Body weight; Lactation period; Maternal additive effects; Permanent maternal environment; Specific litter environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040645497     PISSN: 09064702     EISSN: 16511972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09064709709362392     Document Type: Article

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