The effects of docking on fattening performance and carcass characteristics in fat-tailed Norduz male lambs

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 64, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 101-106

  Bingöl, Mehmet ^a   Aygün, Turgut ^a   Gökdal, Özdal ^b   Yilmaz, Ayhan ^a  

^a YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Carcass characteristics; Docking; Fattening performance; Lambs; Norduz

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33747064441     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2005.04.011     Document Type: Article

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