The Copper, Cobalt, Iron, Selenium and Zinc Status of Cattle in the Sanyati and Chinamhora Smallholder Grazing Areas of Zimbabwe

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 579-584

  Mpofu, I D T ^a   Ndlovu, L R ^a   Casey, N H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cattle; Grazing; Status; Trace Minerals

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0348133573     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.1999.579     Document Type: Article

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