An apparent effect of immunopotentiation during late gestation on the postpartum reproductive performance of Nili-Ravi buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis)

Veterinary Research Communications

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 375-380

  Qureshi, Z I ^a   Lodhi, L A ^a   Sattar, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

BCG; Buffalo; Immunopotentiation; Levamisole; Reproduction; Selenium; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT; LEVAMISOLE; SELENIUM;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BUFFALO; DRUG EFFECT; ESTRUS; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM; REPRODUCTION; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BUFFALOES; ESTRUS; FEMALE; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; LEVAMISOLE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SELENIUM; VITAMIN E;

EID: 0031178933     PISSN: 01657380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005876724096     Document Type: Article

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