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Title Hair sheep of Western Africa and the Americas : a genetic resource for the tropics / edited by H.A. Fitzhugh and G.E. Bradford
Published Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2019

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Description 1 online resource
Series A Winrock International study
Winrock International study.
Summary Perhaps less than 10 percent of the world's sheep have hair coats instead of wool fleeces, but as an animal resource, these sheep are important far out of proportion to their numbers. Hair coats provide an advantage in the face of the heat, humidity, and other stresses of the tropics. Small in body size, early to mature, and often highly prolific,
Notes Includes index
H.A. Fitzhugh is an animal scientist and program officer for Latin America and the Caribbean at Winrock International Livestock Research and Training Center. G.E. Bradford is a professor of animal science at the University of California, Davis
Subject Hair sheep -- America
Hair sheep -- Africa, West
Hair sheep -- Tropics
Hair sheep.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Animal Husbandry.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- General.
Hair sheep
West Africa
America
Tropics
Form Electronic book
Author Fitzhugh, H. A., 1939-
Bradford, G. E. (Gordon Eric), 1929-
ISBN 9780429049118
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