Growth performance and carcass quality of fattening lambs from fat-tailed and tailed sheep breeds

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 267-271

  Kashan, N E J ^a   Manafi Azar, G H ^a   Afzalzadeh, A ^a   Salehi, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Carcass quality; Chaal; Fat tailed sheep; Tailed sheep; Zandi; Zel

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 27744577578     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2005.01.001     Document Type: Article

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