Milk yield, milk composition and kid growth in Boer and East African Goats in Malawi
Milk yield and milk composition of local (LL) and Boer (BB) goats, and their crosses (BL) were estimated over 2 kidding seasons for 12 weeks of lactation using 3 techniques, i.e. kid-suckling, hand-milking and oxytocin + hand-milking. The average daily gain (ADG) and milk conversion of kids were als...
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| Format: | Conference Paper |
| Language: | Inglés |
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1992
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/70834 |
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