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1 online resource |
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A Winrock International study |
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Winrock International study.
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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, |
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Includes index |
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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
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Hair sheep -- Africa, West
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Hair sheep -- Tropics
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Hair sheep.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Animal Husbandry.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- General.
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Hair sheep
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West Africa
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America
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Tropics
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Fitzhugh, H. A., 1939-
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Bradford, G. E. (Gordon Eric), 1929-
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ISBN |
9780429049118 |
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0429049110 |
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9780429744907 |
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0429744900 |
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9780429724893 |
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0429724896 |
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9780429704888 |
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0429704887 |
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