Nutrition of range goats in a shrubland of western India

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1719-1724

  Bhatta, Raghavendra ^a   Shinde, A K ^a   Sankhyan, S K ^a   Verma, D L ^a  

^a CENTRAL SHEEP AND WOOL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Goats; Nutrition; Rangeland

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; CINERARIA; OVIS; POACEAE; PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS CINERARIA; VERTEBRATA; ZIZIPHUS; ZIZIPHUS NUMMULARIA;

EID: 0036898654     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2002.1719     Document Type: Article

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