Concentrations of minerals in milk of sheep and goats grazing similar pastures in a semiarid region of Pakistan

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 274-278

  Khan, Zafar Iqbal ^a   Ashraf, Muhammad ^a   Hussain, Altaf ^a   McDowell, L R ^b   Ashraf, Muhammad Yaseen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c NUCLEAR INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURE AND BIOLOGY NIAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Goats; Milk; Minerals; Pakistan; Seasonal variation; Semiarid; Sheep; Status

Indexed keywords

CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33747760060     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2005.07.050     Document Type: Article

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