Economic values for traits of meat sheep in medium to high production potential areas of the tropics
Breeding objectives were developed for meat sheep in smallholder production circumstances in the tropics. The traits considered were litter size, lambing frequency, pre-weaning, and post-weaning lamb survival to 12 months, ewe survival, lamb live weight at 12-month, mature ewe live weight, consumabl...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Elsevier
2003
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/33171 |
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