Assessment of selenium content in pasture and ewes in Punjab, Pakistan

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1159-1162

  Khan, Zafar Iqbal ^a   Ashraf, Muhammad ^b   Danish, Muhammad ^a   Ahmad, Kafeel ^a   Valeem, Ehsan Elahi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SARGODHA   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

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ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 62249162206     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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