Review of Canadian, Outaouais and Rideau Arcott breeds of sheep: 2. Crossbreeding, registration and subsequent release to the Canadian sheep industry

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 55, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 1-13

  Shrestha, J N B ^a,b   Heaney, D P ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b SHERBROOKE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arcotts and their crosses; Eight and 12 month breeding cycles; Sheep breeds; Synthetic breeds

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; LAMB; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 4344704944     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2003.08.019     Document Type: Article

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