Growth curves of Turkish Saanen Goats' kids grouped for weight and Body Mass Index

Archives Animal Breeding

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 185-193

  Pala, A ^a   Savas T ^a   Ugur F ^a   Das G ^a  

^a ÇANAKKALE ONSEKIZ MART UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Covariance structures; Growth curves; Repeated data; Slopes; Turkish Saanen goats

Indexed keywords

EID: 85063857317     PISSN: 00039438     EISSN: 23639822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/aab-48-185-2005     Document Type: Article

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