Use of heart rate to predict energy expenditure of sheep on range land

Indian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 339-341

  Shinde, A K ^a   Karim, S A ^a   Singh, V P ^a,b   Sankhyan, S K ^a  

^a CENTRAL SHEEP AND WOOL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya   (India)

Author keywords

Energy expenditure; Heart rate; Range land; Sheep

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033410160     PISSN: 03678318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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