A preliminary attempt towards modulation of stress due to obstetrical interventions in buffaloes

Indian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1018-1019

  Prabhakar, S ^a   Nanda, A S ^a   Ghuman, S P S ^a   Sharma, R D ^a  

^a PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Buffaloes; Caesarean; Chlorpromazine; Cortisol; Dystocia; Fetotomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033276492     PISSN: 03678318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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