Tolerance of New Zealand White and Californian doe rabbits at first parity to the sub-tropical environment of Egypt

Livestock Science

Volumn 104, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 165-172

  Marai, I F M ^a   Askar, A A ^a   Bahgat, L B ^a  

^a Zagazig University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

NZW and Cal doe rabbits; Productive; Reproductive traits; Season of birth

Indexed keywords

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 38849138730     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2006.04.013     Document Type: Article

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