Effect of restricted and ad. libitum feeding during late pregnancy on the performance of crossbred cows and their calves

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1267-1272

  Khan, M A A ^a   Islam, M N ^a   Khan, M A S ^a   Akbar, M A ^a  

^a BANGLADESH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Crossbred Cows; Feed Intake; Pre calving Nutrition and Lactation; Pregnancy; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0036749147     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2002.1267     Document Type: Article

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