Effect of nutrition on lipid production and composition of Cashmere buck fleece

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 225-230

  Hillbrick, G C ^a   Tucker, D J ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fatty acid; Goat; Lipid; Nutrition; Pheromone

Indexed keywords

EID: 30244488286     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-4488(96)00872-3     Document Type: Article

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