Nutritional risk factors in Setaria anceps for milk fever incidence in dairy herds of the humid tropics

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 71, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 295-301

  Sanchez J Ml ^a   Soto, H ^a   Vargas, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Cation anion balance; Dairy cattle; Humid tropics; Milk fever; Setaria anceps

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346854291     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8401(97)00148-X     Document Type: Article

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