Udder measurements and milk production in two awassi sheep genotypes and their crosses

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 4613-4620

  Iniguez L ^a   Hilali, M ^a   Thomas, D L ^b   Jesry, G ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS ICARDA   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Awassi sheep; Milk production trait; Udder linear measurement

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES;

FAT; MILK PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LACTATION; MALE; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SECRETION; SHEEP; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; UDDER;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; FATS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; LACTATION; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MILK; MILK PROTEINS; SHEEP; SYRIA;

EID: 70349268100     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2008-1950     Document Type: Article

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