Relationship between ewe body condition score (BCS) at mating and reproductive and productive traits in Lori-Bakhtiari sheep

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 106, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 105-109

  Vatankhah, M ^a   Talebi, M A ^a   Zamani, F ^a  

^a Agriculture and Natural Resources Research Center   (Iran)

Author keywords

Body condition score; Ewe productivity; Lori Bakhtiari breed; Reproductive traits

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84864293409     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2012.02.004     Document Type: Article

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