Issues and perspectives in dairy sheep breeding

Italian Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 5-23

  Macciotta, Nicolò Pietro Paolo ^a   Mele, Marcello ^b   Cappio Borlino, Aldo ^a   Secchiari, Pierlorenzo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breeding goals; Dairy sheep; Functional traits; Genetic improvement; Milk quality

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33947236932     PISSN: 15944077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/ijas.2005.5     Document Type: Review

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