Body composition in relation to slaughter weight and gender in suckling lambs

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 64, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 126-132

  Diaz M T ^a   Fuente, J de la ^a   Perez C ^b   Lauzurica, S ^b   Alvarez I ^a   Huidobro, F Ruiz de ^c   Velasco, S ^c   Caneque V ^a  

^a INIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c Inst Madrileno Invest Agraria A   (Spain)

Author keywords

Body composition; Correlation; Gender; Slaughter weight; Suckling lambs

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33646888647     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2005.04.007     Document Type: Article

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