Birth weight, birth type and pre-weaning survivability of West African Dwarf goats raised in the Dangme West District of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 141-147

  Baiden, R Y ^a  

^a Animal Research Institute Ghana   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Birth type; Birth weight; Environmental factors; Litter size; Location; Parity; Pre weaning survivability; Season; Sex; WADG; Year

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREEDING; FEMALE; GHANA; GOAT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LITTER SIZE; MALE; NEWBORN; PARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL; WEANING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; GHANA; GOATS; LITTER SIZE; MALE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL; WEANING;

CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 33947708787     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-007-4354-7     Document Type: Article

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