The effect of management system at lambing and flock genetics on lamb output and labour requirements on lowland sheep farms

Animal Science

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 439-450

  Carson, A F ^a,b   Dawson, L E R ^a   Irwin, D ^a   Kilpatrick, D J ^a  

^a AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Genotypes; Labour requirements; Lambing; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; LAMB; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 3042739990     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1357729800058847     Document Type: Article

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