The effect of nutrition prior to and during mating on ovulation rate, reproductive wastage, and lambing rate in three sheep breeds

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 52, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 117-125

  Lassoued, N ^a   Rekik, M ^b   Mahouachi, M ^b   Ben Hamouda, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

^b Ecl Sup d'Agriculture du Kef   (Tunisia)

^c Institution de la Recherche et de l'Enseignement Superieur AgrEcoles   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Litter size; Nutritional level; Ovulation rate; Reproductive losses; Sheep

Indexed keywords

LAMB; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 1542350841     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-4488(03)00250-5     Document Type: Article

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