Effect of Feeding Different Ratios of Green Fodder and Straw Supplemented with Wheat Bran on the Performance of Male Crossbred Calves

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 19-22

  Sahoo, A ^a   Chaudhary, L C ^a   Agarwal, N ^a   Kamra, D N ^a   Pathak, N N ^a  

^a INDIAN VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Calves; Green Fodder; Growth; Nutrition; Straw; Wheat Bran

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034384604     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2000.19     Document Type: Article

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