Factors associated with lamb mortalities in Muzaffarnagari sheep

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 71, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 273-279

  Mandal, Ajoy ^a   Prasad, H ^a   Kumar, Ashok ^a   Roy, R ^a   Sharma, Nagendra ^b  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON GOATS   (India)

^b SHER E KASHMIR UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY OF JAMMU   (India)

Author keywords

Lamb; Mortality; Muzaffarnagari sheep; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 34249991133     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2006.07.010     Document Type: Article

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