Variance components of early growth traits in the Boer goat
- 1 December 1997
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Small Ruminant Research
- Vol. 26 (1-2), 15-20
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0921-4488(95)00847-0
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