Supplementation of Barbarine ewes with spineless cactus (Opuntia ficus-indica f. inermis) cladodes during late gestation-early suckling: Effects on mammary secretions, blood metabolites, lamb growth and postpartum ovarian activity
- 31 May 2010
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Small Ruminant Research
- Vol. 90 (1-3), 53-57
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smallrumres.2009.12.051
Abstract
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