Genetic trends for lamb weights in flocks of Egyptian Rahmani and Ossimi sheep

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 23-28

  Shaat, I ^a   Galal, S ^b   Mansour, H ^b  

^a Agriculture Research Center   (Egypt)

^b Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Lamb weights; Ossimi; Rahmani; Sheep genetic trends

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; LAMB; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0347693307     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-4488(03)00185-8     Document Type: Article

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