Determination of hair follicle characteristics, density and activity of Iranian cashmere goat breeds

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 95, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 128-132

  Ansari Renani, H R ^a   Ebadi, Z ^a   Moradi, S ^b   Baghershah, H R ^c   Ansari Renani, M Y ^d   Ameli, S H ^e  

^a ANIMAL SCIENCE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZANJAN   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^d Statistical Analyser   (Iran)

^e UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Cashmere; Follicle characteristics; Goat; Hair follicle; Inactivity

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 79151479667     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2010.09.013     Document Type: Article

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