Factors influencing the milk production of awassi sheep in a flock with the selected lines at the agricultural scientific research centre in Salamieh/Syria;Suriye'de bilimsel tarım araştırma merkezi'nde seleksiyonla elde edilmiş hatların oluşturduǧu bir i̇vesi sürüsünde süt verimini etkileyen faktörler

Kafkas Universitesi Veteriner Fakultesi Dergisi

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 425-430

  Reiad, Kassem ^a   Masri, Yasin ^c   El Herek, Ismail ^a   Al Azzawi, Walid ^a   Salhab, Solieman ^c   Omed, Hussain ^d   Al Najjar, Khaled ^b   Abdo, Ziad ^a   Saatci, Mustafa ^e  

^a The Arab Center for the Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Lands   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^b General Scientific Agricultural Research Committee   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^c DAMASCUS UNIVERSITY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^d BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e MEHMET AKIF ERSOY UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Awassi sheep; Lactation period; Milk yield; Selection line; Syria

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 77953433285     PISSN: 13006045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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