ASAS Centennial Paper: Impact of animal science research on United States goat production and predictions for the future

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 400-418

  Sahlu, T ^a   Dawson, L J ^a,b   Gipson, T A ^a   Hart, S P ^a   Merkel, R C ^a   Puchala, R ^a   Wang, Z ^a   Zeng, S ^a   Goetsch, A L ^a  

^a LANGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Goat; Research

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; CAPRA HIRCUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BREEDING; FEMALE; GENETICS; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; HAIR; MALE; MEAT; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; RESEARCH; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; BREEDING; FEMALE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HAIR; MALE; MEAT; MILK; REPRODUCTION; RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 60549114230     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2008-1291     Document Type: Article

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