Lifetime traits comparison between annual and accelerated lambing systems for dairy ewes

Livestock Science

Volumn 101, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 180-190

  El Saied, U M ^a   de la Fuente, L F ^b   San Primitivo, F ^b  

^a Agriculture Research Center   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dairy ewes; Genetic parameters; Lambing systems; Lifetime traits

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33748038456     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2005.11.003     Document Type: Article

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