Factors affecting external and internal mammary morphology traits and assessment of their interrelationships with milk yield in Lori Bakhtiari breed ewes

Livestock Research for Rural Development

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Sadeghi, Saadat ^a   Rafat, S A ^a   Ghaderi Zefrei, M ^b   Khaligh, F ^c   Rostami, K H ^d   Bohlouli, M ^a   Bahrani Behzadi, M R ^b   Mohaghegh, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

^b YASOUJ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

^d Ramin Agriculture and Natural Resource University   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cistern; Teat; Udder depth; Udder measurements

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875195305     PISSN: 01213784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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