Climatic effect on milk production of Camosciata goats reared in Calabria;Effetto climatico sulle produzioni di capre "camosciate delle Alpi" allevate in Calabria

Large Animal Review

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 73-78

  Di Rosa, A ^a   Palucci, A ^b   Zumbo, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Camosciata goat; Heat stress; Productive traits

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885147138     PISSN: 11244593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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