Auction price of Texel, Suffolk and German white-headed mutton rams: A genetic-statistical study

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 85, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 105-110

  Maxa, J ^a   Borchers, N ^b   Thomsen, H ^c   Simianer, H ^a   Gauly, M ^a   Sharifi, A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b Section of Animal Husbandry and Breeding   (Germany)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Auction price; Genetic parameters; Performance traits; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 70350052838     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2009.07.011     Document Type: Article

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