Nutritional and histopathological studies on Jamunapari goats fed on concentrate diets supplemented with various levels of leucaena leaves

Indian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 524-527

  Haque, N ^a   Khan, M Y ^a   Lal, Murari ^a   Parihar, N S ^a  

^a INDIAN VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Jamunapari goat; Kidney; Leucaena leucocephala; Thyroid gland

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031488999     PISSN: 03678318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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