Comparative dry matter intake and nutrient utilisation efficiency in lactating cattle and buffaloes

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 258-267

  Paul, Shyam S ^a   Mandal, Asit B ^b   Kannan, Alagarsamy ^a   Mandal, Guru P ^a   Pathak, Nitya N ^c  

^a INDIAN VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b CENTRAL AVIAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON BUFFALOES   (India)

Author keywords

Buffaloes; Cattle; Dry matter intake; Efficiency

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; DRY MATTER; LACTATION; NUTRIENT USE;

INDIA;

BOS TAURUS; BUBALUS;

EID: 0037373472     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.1305     Document Type: Article

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