Effect of Work Stress and Supplementary Feeding on Body Conformation, Ovarian Activity and Blood Parameters in Mashona Cows in a Smallholder Farming System

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1054-1058

  Chimonyo, M ^a   Kusina, N T ^a   Hamudikuwanda, H ^a   Nyoni, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Dietary Supplementation; Draught Cows; Haemograms; Ovarian Activity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034419808     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2000.1054     Document Type: Article

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