Use of metabolic profiles in dairy cattle in tropical and subtropical countries on smallholder dairy farms

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 119-131

  Whitaker, D A ^a   Goodger, W J ^b   Garcia, M ^c   Perera, B M A O ^d   Wittwer, F ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^e UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Dairy cattle; Metabolic profiles; Smallholders; Tropical Subtropical

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033608157     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(98)00118-4     Document Type: Article

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