Mineral deficiencies in grazing dairy cattle in Kordofan and Darfur regions in Western Sudan

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 123-135

  Abdelrahman, M M ^a   Kincaid, R L ^a   Elzubeir, E A ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

ELECTROLYTE; METAL; MINERAL; RAIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BREEDING; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; POACEAE; SEASON; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUDAN;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ELECTROLYTES; FEMALE; LINEAR MODELS; METALS; MINERALS; POACEAE; RAIN; SEASONS; SUDAN;

EID: 0032037839     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005051902115     Document Type: Article

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