Environmental Effects on Growth Rate of Morada Nova Hair Lambs in Northeastern Brazil;Avaliação dos Fatores Ambientais no Desenvolvimento Corporal de Cordeiros Deslanados da Raça Morada Nova

Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1460-1465

  Fernandes, Antônio Amaury Oriá ^a   Buchanan, David ^b   Selaive Villarroel, Arturo Bernardo ^c  

^a Univ Estadual do Ceará   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Environmental factors; Growth traits; Hair sheep

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346409449     PISSN: 01004859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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