Effects of male goat pheromones on feeding behavior of female markhoz goats during breeding season

Pakistan Veterinary Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 327-330

  Mohamadi, W ^a   Kia, H Daghigh ^a   Khani, A Hossein ^a   Alijani, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

Author keywords

Feed intake; Male effect; Markhoz goat; Pheromone

Indexed keywords

EID: 83755173350     PISSN: 02538318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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