Articles | Volume 59, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-59-107-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-59-107-2016
Original study
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24 Feb 2016
Original study |  | 24 Feb 2016

The effect of ewe body condition at lambing on growth of lambs and colostral specific gravity

Ferda Karakuş and Metin Atmaca

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