Impacts of the herd management mode upon the indigenous goat potentialities in oases and rangelands of Southern Tunisia

Journal of Applied Animal Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 281-284

  Najari, Sghaier ^a   Gaddour, Amor ^a  

^a Arid Land Institute   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Dairy performances; Kid growth; Local goat; Management mode; Natural selection; Reproductive rates

Indexed keywords

CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 84860237777     PISSN: 09712119     EISSN: 09741844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09712119.2010.9707142     Document Type: Article

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