Descriptive characterization of a nigerian heterogeneous rabbit population - factors affecting litter traits.
Submitted: 2010-07-08
|Accepted: 2010-07-08
|Published: 2010-07-12
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Nigerian rabbits, heterogeneous population, female weight, litter size, kit survival
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