Environmental and Genetic Factors Affecting Early Growth Traits in Three Yemeni Indigenous Sheep Breeds

Subject Areas : Camel

A.M.  Albial ¹ (Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Institute of Agricultural Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India)
J.  Singh ² (Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Institute of Agricultural Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India)

Received: 2012-02-19 Accepted : 2012-04-01 Published : 2013-03-01

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