Machine milking of Istrian dairy crossbreed ewes: Udder morphology and milking characteristics

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 55, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 183-189

  Dzidic, A ^a,b   Kaps, M ^b   Bruckmaier, R M ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Dairy ewes; Milking characteristics; Udder traits

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; OVIS;

EID: 4344579547     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2004.02.003     Document Type: Article

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