Performance and slaughter value of Polish Merino, Booroola and Suffolk crossbred lambs

Journal of Animal and Feed Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 161-170

  Janiuk, W ^a   Baranowski, A ^a   Klewiec, J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND ANIMAL BREEDING   (Poland)

Author keywords

Crossbred lambs; Fattening performance; Slaughter value

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346162179     PISSN: 12301388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22358/jafs/69206/1998     Document Type: Article

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