Efficiency of energy use for pregnancy by meat goat does with different litter size

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 71, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 83-91

  Tovar Luna, I ^a   Goetsch, A L ^a   Puchala, R ^a   Sahlu, T ^a   Carstens, G E ^b   Freetly, H C ^c   Johnson, Z B ^d  

^a LANGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy; Goats; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

BOS; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 34250007611     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2006.05.004     Document Type: Article

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