Genetic correlation of ram sexual performance with ewe reproductive traits of four sheep breeds
- 31 October 2004
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Applied Animal Behaviour Science
- Vol. 88 (3-4), 253-261
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2004.04.004
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