Association between body and udder morphological traits and dairy performance in Spanish Assaf sheep

Archiv Tierzucht

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 430-442

  Pérez Cabal, M Ángeles ^a   Legaz, Emilio ^b   Cervantes, Isabel ^a   De La Fuente, Luis Fernando ^c   Martínez, Raúl ^d   Goyache, Félix ^e   Gutiérrez, Juan Pablo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Castellana de Ganaderos Sociedad Cooperativa   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^d Asociación Nacional de criadores de ganado ovino de la Raza Assaf ASSAF E   (Spain)

^e Servicio Regional de Investigación y Desarrollo Agroalimentario de Asturias   (Spain)

Author keywords

Assaf; Conformation; Production; Udder

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897944181     PISSN: 00039438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7482/0003-9438-56-042     Document Type: Article

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