Improving the reproductive performance of Egyptian buffalo cows by changing the management system

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 75, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 1-8

  Abdalla, E B ^a  

^a Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Buffalo; Housing; Male presence; Nutrition; Reproduction; Suckling period

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BREEDING; BUFFALO; DIET; EGYPT; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; LACTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OVULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM; REPRODUCTION; TIME;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BREEDING; BUFFALOES; DIET; EGYPT; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HOUSING, ANIMAL; LACTATION; MALE; OVULATION; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; REPRODUCTION; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BUBALUS; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM ALEXANDRINUM;

EID: 0037440164     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4320(02)00225-7     Document Type: Article

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