Shearing pregnant ewes to improve lamb birth weight increases milk yield of ewes and lamb weaning weight

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1669-1673

  Cam, M A ^a   Kuran, M ^a  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ewes; Lamb Birth Weight; Milk Yield; Pregnancy Shearing; Weaning Weight

Indexed keywords

LAMB; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 10044285832     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2004.1669     Document Type: Article

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