Hematological changes of dairy cows in postpartum period and early pregnancy

Comparative Clinical Pathology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 157-163

  Nazifi, S ^a   Ahmadi, M R ^a   Gheisari, H R ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cytology; Dairy cows; Hematology; Postpartum; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

EID: 47949119752     PISSN: 16185641     EISSN: 1618565X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00580-008-0730-6     Document Type: Article

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