Physiological traits as affected by heat stress in sheep-A review

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 71, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 1-12

  Marai, I F M ^a   El Darawany, A A ^a   Fadiel, A ^b   Abdel Hafez, M A M ^c  

^a Zagazig University   (Egypt)

^b The Centre for Computational Biology   (Canada)

^c ANIMAL PRODUCTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Adaptability; Heat stress; Physiology; SCN; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 34249990322     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2006.10.003     Document Type: Review

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