Profitability Index for Sires
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Index selection in terminal sires improves early lamb growth.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Dairy Science
سال: 1980
ISSN: 0022-0302
DOI: 10.3168/jds.s0022-0302(80)83085-2