Consequences of post-grazing residues control and birth season on the body traits, reproductive performance and offspring's growth of suckling goats and ewes reared at pasture in Guadeloupe (FWI)

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1108-1117

  Ortega Jimenez, E ^a   Alexandre, G ^a   Arquet, R ^a   Coppry, O ^a   Mahieu, M ^a   Xande A ^a  

^a Unite de Recherches Zootechniques Pointe a Pitre   (Guadeloupe)

Author keywords

Creole Goat; Growth Traits; Martinik Ewe; Pasture Management; Reproductive Parameters; Season of Breeding

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; LAMB; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0042164971     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2003.1108     Document Type: Article

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