Shearing male lambs in the cold season improves the carcass yield without affecting fattening performance

Animal Science Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 259-265

  Çam, Mehmet Akif ^a   Olfaz, Mustafa ^a   Garipoglu, Ali Vaiz ^a  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Carcass weight; Fattening; Rectal temperature; Shearing; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 34248171890     PISSN: 13443941     EISSN: 17400929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-0929.2007.00433.x     Document Type: Article

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