Economic benefits of supplementing lambs with urea molasses blocks on ranges of Pakistan

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 127-132

  Rafiq, M ^a   Jadoon, J K ^a,b   Mahmood, K ^a   Naqvi, M A ^a  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Pakistan)

^b Livestock Experimental Station   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Feed Intake; Liveweight Gain and Economic Benefits; Ranges; UMBs

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0030550053     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.1996.127     Document Type: Article

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