Lactation curve of local goat, pure breds and crosses in southern tunisia

Journal of Applied Animal Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 153-157

  Gaddour, Amor ^a   Najari, Sghaier ^a   Ferchichi, Ali ^a  

^a Arid Land Institute   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Crossbreeding; Gamma model; Goat; Lactation curve; Pure bred; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 77749329707     PISSN: 09712119     EISSN: 09741844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09712119.2009.9707051     Document Type: Article

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