Carcass characteristics of Awassi ram lambs slaughtered at different weights

Livestock Science

Volumn 117, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 165-175

  Abdullah, Abdullah Y ^a   Qudsieh, Rasha I ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Awassi; Carcass characteristics; Live weight; Ram lambs

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 48549106999     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2007.12.020     Document Type: Article

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