Usefulness of milk urea concentration to monitor the herd reproductive performances in crossbred Karan-Fries cows

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 26-30

  Dhali, A ^a,b   Mishra, D P ^a   Mehla, R K ^a   Sirohi, S K ^a  

^a NATIONAL DAIRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b National Research Centre on Mithun India   (India)

Author keywords

Conception Rate; Cow; Milk Progesterone; Milk Urea; Service Period

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 28844460491     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2006.26     Document Type: Article

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