Phenotypic study on total and partial lifetime traits for dairy ewes

Journal of Dairy Research

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 101-108

  El Saied, Usama M ^a,b   De La Fuente, L Fernando ^a   San Primitivo, Fermín ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^b Agricultural Research Center   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Dairy ewe; Lifetime; Phenotypic parameters

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; DAIRYING; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GENETICS; LACTATION; LONGEVITY; MILK; PARITY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SECRETION; SHEEP; STANDARD;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BREEDING; DAIRYING; FEMALE; LACTATION; LONGEVITY; MILK; PARITY; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SHEEP;

OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 31544446374     PISSN: 00220299     EISSN: 14697629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022029905001561     Document Type: Article

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