Pasture intake and digestibility by young and non-breeding adult sheep: the extent of genetic variation and relationships with productivity
- 31 January 2002
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Livestock Production Science
- Vol. 73 (2-3) , 185-198
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0301-6226(01)00244-5
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