Reproductive performance of crossbred and purebred male rabbits

Livestock Science

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 233-243

  Garcia Tomas M ^a,b   Sanchez J ^b   Rafel, O ^a   Ramon, J ^a   Piles, M ^a  

^a IRTA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Crossbreeding parameters; Fertility; Prolificacy; Rabbit; Semen

Indexed keywords

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 33749245131     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2006.04.006     Document Type: Article

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