Performance of draught cattle in communal farming areas in Zimbabwe after dry season supplementation

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 298-306

  Ndlovu, L R ^a   Francis, J ^a   Hove, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; CREATININE; HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; PLASMA PROTEIN; UREA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEMATOCRIT; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SEASON; STANDARD; ZIMBABWE;

3-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BLOOD PROTEINS; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; CREATININE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HEMATOCRIT; HYDROXYBUTYRATES; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEASONS; UREA; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0030281157     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02240822     Document Type: Article

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