The performance of the Small East African goats and their Saanen crosses in Malawi
The performance of randomly selected Malawian local goats and their Saanen crosses was compared. The average litter size at kidding was 1.35 and 1.52, respectively. Birth weights, 12-week weights and weaning weights at 17 weeks were respectively 2.2 kg (SE = 0.12 kg), 8.2 kg (SE=0.41 kg) and 10.7 kg...
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| Formato: | Conference Paper |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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1994
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| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/70857 |
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