Relevance of the variability of kidding day in Creole goats in Guadeloupe

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 241-247

  Mandonnet, N ^a   Alexandre, G ^a   Arquet, R ^b   Naves M ^a   Menendez Buxadera A ^a  

^a Unite de Recherches Zootechniques Pointe a Pitre   (Guadeloupe)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Creole goats; Kidding day; Preweaning growth; Productivity; Variance components

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 14944348708     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livprodsci.2004.08.014     Document Type: Article

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