Some reproductive and growth traits of crossbred genotypes produced by crossing local sheep breeds of Kivircik x White Karaman and Chios x White Karaman in steppe conditions

Archives Animal Breeding

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 55-63

  Unal, Necmettin ^a   Akcapinar, Halil ^a   Atasoy, Fatih ^a   Aytac, Melik ^b  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Lalahan Live Stock Research Institute   (Turkey)

Author keywords

breed crossing; live weight; reproductive traits; sheep; steppe conditions; survival rate

Indexed keywords

EID: 85063823805     PISSN: 00039438     EISSN: 23639822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/aab-49-55-2006     Document Type: Article

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