Advanced breeding and "buck effect" in indigenous Greek goats

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 87, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 251-257

  Avdi, M ^a,c   Leboeuf, B ^b   Terqui, M ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c INRA PRMD ^*  (Greece)

Author keywords

Buck effect; Goat; Sexual activity

Indexed keywords

CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 2442451340     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livprodsci.2003.09.019     Document Type: Article

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