Comparison of the longevity and lifetime performance of Scottish Blackface ewes and their crosses within hill sheep flocks

Animal

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 347-355

  Annett, R W ^a   Carson, A F ^a   Dawson, L E R ^a   Irwin, D ^a   Gordon, A W ^a   Kilpatrick, D J ^a  

^a AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

crossbreeding; culling; lamb output; mortality

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 79952901868     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731110002107     Document Type: Article

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