Physiological responses and growth of native (Malpura) and crossbred (Bharat Merino) female lambs born in autumn season under semi-arid ecology of India

Indian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 916-919

  Maurya, V P ^a   Naqvi, S M K ^a   Mittal, J P ^a  

^a CENTRAL SHEEP AND WOOL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Crossbred; Growth; Native; Physiological responses; Semi arid ecology

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BODY GROWTH; BODY WEIGHT; BREATHING RATE; CROSS BREEDING; FEMALE; INDIA; LAMB; NONHUMAN; PULSE RATE; SEMIARID CLIMATE;

LAMB; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0345735317     PISSN: 03678318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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