Structure and performance of Awassi and Assaf dairy sheep farms in northwestern Spain

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 771-784

  Milan M J ^a   Caja, G ^a   Gonzalez Gonzalez R ^b   Fernandez Perez A M ^c   Such, X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Grupo Agropal Soc Coop   (Spain)

^c Nutreco España ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Assaf; Awassi; Dairy sheep; Farm typology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; LACTATION; METHODOLOGY; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SECRETION; SHEEP; SPAIN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; DAIRYING; FEMALE; LACTATION; MILK; REPRODUCTION; SHEEP; SPAIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 78751698140     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2010-3520     Document Type: Article

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