The productivity, ovarian and thyroid activity of ewes in an accelerated lambing system in Greece

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 209-216

  Menegatos, J ^a   Goulas, C ^a   Kalogiannis, D ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Accelerate lambing; Ewe; Progesterone; Thyroxine

Indexed keywords

OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33747768617     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2005.06.020     Document Type: Article

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