Differences in productive robustness in rabbits selected for reproductive longevity or litter size

Animal

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 637-646

  Theilgaard, P ^a   Baselga, M ^a   Blas, E ^a   Friggens, N C ^b   Cervera, C ^a   Pascual, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Body condition; Litter size; Rabbit does; Reproductive longevity; Selection

Indexed keywords

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 68349128130     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731109003838     Document Type: Article

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