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Animal husbandry

Lactation performance, growth, and carcass composition of sheep

2. Relationships between ewe milk production, lamb water turnover, and lamb growth in Romney, Dorset, and crossbred sheep

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Pages 249-255 | Received 09 Nov 1983, Published online: 05 Jan 2012

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