Milk yield and milk composition of West African dwarf, Yankasa and crossbred sheep in southwest of Nigeria

Livestock Research for Rural Development

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Adewumi, O O ^a,b   Olorunnisomo, O A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADO EKITI   (Nigeria)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Milk composition; Milk yield; Sheep; West African dwarf; Yankasa

Indexed keywords

BOS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 68949172539     PISSN: None     EISSN: 01213784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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