Effects of calf management and level of feed supplementation on milk yield and calf growth of Zebu and crossbreed cattle in the semi-arid tropics

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 67-75

  Das, S M ^a,b   Wiktorsson, Hans ^a   Forsberg, Mats ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Ministry of Livestock Development Dar es Salaam   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Artificial rearing; Lactation; Liveweight; Restricted suckling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032946016     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(98)00206-1     Document Type: Article

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