Morphological measurements and body indices for Cuban Creole goats and their crossbreds

In this work, linear body measures were taken and production indices calculated for 100 Cuban Creole goats and 100 crossbred goats in order to aid in the characterization of animal genetic resources in Cuba. Low variation was found for all indices of the Creole goats, showing homogeneity between the...

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Main Authors: Edilberto Chacón, Fernando Macedo, Francisco Velázquez, Samuel Rezende Paiva, Eliecer Pineda, Concepta McManus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia 2011-08-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982011000800007