Prediction of goat litter size using body measurements

Interciencia

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 698-701

  Mellado, Miguel ^a   García, José E ^a   Ledezma, Rogelio ^b   Mellado, Jesús ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA AGRARIA ANTONIO NARRO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; ECOSYSTEMS; MEDICAL IMAGING; NUTRITION; ULTRASONICS;

GESTATION; RUMINANTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS;

CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 11944250201     PISSN: 03781844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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