Milk and herbage intakes and growth rate of lambs from 32 to 130 days of age raised on natural pasture in the semi-arid Negev

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 39-45

  Degen, A Allan ^a   Benjamin, R W ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Average daily growth rate; Awassi; Energy retention; Herbage intake; Lambs; Milk intake; Natural pasture; Negev desert; Semi arid

Indexed keywords

OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 14944376639     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2004.09.007     Document Type: Article

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