The influence of lactation on the quantity and quality of cashmere production

Italian Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 79-86

  Celi, Raffaele ^a   Di Trana, Adriana ^b   Cell, Pietro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b Università di Potenza   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cashmere production; Goats; Lactation; Prolactin

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346570557     PISSN: 15944077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/ijas.2002.79     Document Type: Article

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