Sexual performance of Awassi ram lambs reared in different sex composition groups

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 96, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 261-267

  Kridli, Rami T ^a   Al Yacoub, Azzam N ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Awassi; Ram lambs; Sex composition; Sexual performance

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; REARING; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SHEEP;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 31544472644     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2005.06.011     Document Type: Article

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