Crossbreeding trials with boer goats in Sri Lanka: Effects on the birth weights of kids

Journal of Agriculture in the Tropics and Subtropics

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 43-48

  Premasundeba, A S ^a,b   Ravindran, V ^a   De Suva, G P L ^a   Jeyalingavatkani, S ^a  

^a Department of Animal Production and Health ^*  (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

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EID: 33745026524     PISSN: 00413186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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