Research Journal of Biological Sciences

Year: 2012
Volume: 7
Issue: 7
Page No. 270 - 277

Morphological Characterization of the Cuban Creole Goat: Basis for Participatory Management of a Zoogenetic Resource

Authors : M. La O-Arias, F. Guevara-Hernandez, N. Fonseca-Fuentes, H. Gomez-Castro, R. Pinto-Ruiz, A. Ley-De Coss, F.J. Medina-Jonapa, R.R. Coutino-Ruiz, R.E. Ruiz-Najera, J.A. Espinosa-Moreno and Luis A. Rodriguez-Larramendi

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