Seasonal influence on mineral concentrations in dairy cows' blood and feed resources collected from Morogoro, Tanzania

Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Volumn 5, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 274-280

  Mtui, Dorah J ^a,b   Mellau, Lesakit S B ^b   Lekule, Faustin P ^b   Shem, Martin N ^b   Hayashida, Maki ^a   Fujihara, Tsutomu ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Blood; Feed resources; Mineral concentration; Productive performance; Seasons

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOS INDICUS; FRIESIA; HELIANTHUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 36648998525     PISSN: 14590255     EISSN: 14590263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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