Studies on inbreeding and its effects on growth and fleece traits of Muzaffarnagari sheep

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1363-1367

  Mandal, Ajoy ^a   Pant, K P ^a   Notter, D R ^a,b   Rout, P K ^a   Roy, R ^a   Sinha, N K ^a   Sharma, N ^a  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON GOATS   (India)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Effective Population Size; Fleece Weight; Growth Traits; Inbreeding Depression

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 26844582522     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2005.1363     Document Type: Article

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