Effect of partial green grass over dry feeding on the productive performance of early lactating crossbred cows in Bangladesh

International Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 73-78

  Nahar, A ^a   Al Amin, M ^a   Wadud, A ^a   Monir, M M ^a   Khan, M A S ^a  

^a BANGLADESH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Ad libitum; Crossbred cows; Dry feed; Green grass; Performance; Production

Indexed keywords

EID: 37749020664     PISSN: 18119743     EISSN: 18119751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ijds.2007.73.78     Document Type: Article

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