Responses to supplementation in white fulani cattle under agro-pastoral management in Northern Nigeria. 1. Phosphorus

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 183-190

  Campbell, D A ^a   Ikuegbu, O A ^b   Owen, E ^c   Little, D A ^b  

^a The Higher Council for Science and Technology Jordan   (Jordan)

^b ILCA   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHORUS;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD; CATTLE; DAIRYING; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; MALE; MORTALITY; NIGERIA; PHOSPHATE INTAKE; PREGNANCY;

AGING; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BIRTH WEIGHT; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; FOOD, FORTIFIED; MALE; MORTALITY; NIGERIA; PHOSPHORUS; PHOSPHORUS, DIETARY; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0030135851     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03030843     Document Type: Article

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