Growth curves for body weight and carcass components, and carcass composition of the Karagouniko sheep, from birth to 720 d of age

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 66, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 222-229

  Goliomytis, M ^a   Orfanos, S ^a   Panopoulou, E ^a   Rogdakis, E ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Carcass composition; Growth; Growth curves; Karagouniko dairy sheep

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33748950635     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2005.09.021     Document Type: Article

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