Relationships among carcass composition and tail measurements in fat-tailed Barbarine sheep

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 53, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 151-155

  Atti, N ^a   Hamouda, M Ben ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

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

Author keywords

Body fat; Fat tailed sheep; Prediction equations; Tail measurements

Indexed keywords

LAMB; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 2442661924     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2003.08.016     Document Type: Article

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