Development of Testicular Measurements of Growing Shami Male Goats
published by Damascus University
in 2002
in
and research's language is
العربية
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Abstract in English
This Study was carried-out in Karahta station for improvement of Shami
goats, Directorate of Animal Production Research, Ministry of Agriculture and
Agrarian Reform. Fifty growing Shami male goats aged ٣ months, were used to
measure the growth rate of testicular parameters, their relation to the
development of body weight and the effect of several factors on their
development from weaning at ٣ months to ٢١ months of age. All kids housed
and managed under the same conditions.
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