Somatic Cell Counts in Milk of Buffaloes Administered Oxytocin during Early Lactation

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 684-692

  Prasad, Jyotsna ^a   Singh, Mahendra ^a  

^a NATIONAL DAIRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Buffaloes; Differential Cell Counts; Early Lactation; Milk Composition; Milk Production; Oxytocin; Somatic Cell Count

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035607210     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2001.684     Document Type: Article

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