External and internal modulators of sheep reproduction

Reproductive Biology

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL, 2011, Pages 61-77

  Blache, Dominique ^a   Bickell, Samantha L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Nutrition; Ovulation; Sheep; Survival; Temperament

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857337742     PISSN: 1642431X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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