Relationships between daily, morning, evening and peak yield and persistency in Turkish Saanen goats

Animal Science Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 532-537

  Pala, Akin ^a   Savaş, Türker ^a  

^a ÇANAKKALE ONSEKIZ MART UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Evening milk; Morning milk; Peak value; Persistency; Turkish Saanen goats

Indexed keywords

CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 33749529552     PISSN: 13443941     EISSN: 17400929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-0929.2006.00382.x     Document Type: Article

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