Reproductive and physiological traits of egyptian suffolk rams as affected by selenium dietary supplementation and housing heat radiation effects during winter of the sub-tropical environment of Egypt (short communication)

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Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 402-409

  Marai, Ibrahim Fayez Mahmoud ^a,c   El Darawany, Abel Halim Ali ^a   Ismail, El Sayed Abou Fandoud ^b   Abdel Hafez, Mohamed Ahmed Mohamed ^b  

^a ZAGAZIG UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b ANIMAL PRODUCTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Egypt)

^c Zagazig University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Egyptian suffolk rams; Housing heat radiation effect; Physiological reactions; Reproductive traits; Selenium supplementation

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 70349090105     PISSN: 00039438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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