Nutrition level and season of birth do not modify puberty of Payoya goat kids

Animal

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 79-86

  Zarazaga, L A ^a   Guzman J L ^a   Dominguez C ^a   Perez M C ^a   Prieto, R ^a   Sanchez J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Female; Goat; Nutrition; Puberty; Season

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 57649121632     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731108003376     Document Type: Article

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