Evaluation of seven genetic groups of rabbits for carcass traits

Archiv fur Tierzucht

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 61-67

  Nofal, Reiad Y ^a,b   Tóth, Sándor ^a,b   Virág, Györgyi ^a,b  

^a Institute for Small Animal Research   (Hungary)

^b SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Carcass traits; Crossbred; Heterosis; Rabbit

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041106752     PISSN: 00039438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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