An on-farm appraisal of feeding urea-treated straw to buffaloes during late pregnancy and lactation in a mixed farming system

Livestock Research for Rural Development

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2004, Pages

  Sharma, K ^a   Dutta, Narayan ^a   Naulia, Uma ^a  

^a INDIAN VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Farmers' perceptions; Lactating buffaloes; Milk yield; Socio economics; Urea treated straw

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BUBALUS; GLYCINE MAX; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 10644235523     PISSN: 01213784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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