The relationship of lamb growth from birth to weaning and the milk production of their primiparous crossbred dams

Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 899-904

  Morgan, J E ^a   Fogarty, N M ^b   Nielsen, S ^b   Gilmour, A R ^b  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breed crosses; Lamb production

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; HYBRID; HYBRIDIZATION; LACTATION; MILK PRODUCTION; NEONATE; REARING; SHEEP; WEANING; WEIGHT;

FRIESIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 34447564041     PISSN: 08161089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EA06290     Document Type: Article

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