Blood minerals in wad sheep and goats grazing natural pastures during wet and dry seasons

Archivos de Zootecnia

Volumn 57, Issue 218, 2008, Pages 275-278

  Sowande, O S ^a   Odufowora, E B ^a   Adelakun, A O ^a   Egbeyale, L T ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Panicum maximum; Sex effect

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES; PANICUM MAXIMUM;

EID: 47649121458     PISSN: 00040592     EISSN: 18854494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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