Growth curves for bergamasca sheep in the Brasilia Region;Curvas de crescimento de ovinos bergamácia criados no Distrito Federal

Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1207-1212

  McManus, Concepta ^a   Evangelista, Cibele ^a   Fernandes, Luiz Augusto Costa ^a   De Miranda, Roberto Meirelles ^a   Moreno Bernal, Francisco Ernesto ^a   Dos Santos, Natalia Ribeiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fixed effects; Growth curves; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; LAMB; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 2142708213     PISSN: 15163598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1516-35982003000500022     Document Type: Article

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