Milk performance of does depending on their litter weight at birth and on the number of kids assigned after a complete kid exchange

Archiv fur Geflugelkunde

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 169-173

  Martínez, R Vásquez ^a   Petersen, J ^b   Mennicken, L ^b  

^a Inst fur Tierzuchtwissenschaft   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Balanced litter; Kid exchange; Litter size; Litter weight; Milk intake; Milk performance; Rabbit doe

Indexed keywords

EID: 17944385311     PISSN: 00039098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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