Body and carcass linear measurements of goats slaughtered at different weights

Livestock Research for Rural Development

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2004, Pages

  Attah, S ^b   Okubanjo, A O ^a   Omojola, A B ^a   Adesehinwa, A O K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^c OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Body measurement; Breed; Carcass measurement; Goats; Sex

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 5444231257     PISSN: 01213784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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