Nutritive value of jumbo grass (sorghum bicolour sorghum sudanefe) silage in lactating nili-ra vi buffaloes

Pakistan Veterinary Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-10

  Tauqir, N A ^a   Sarwar, M ^b   Jabbar, M A ^c   Mahmood, S ^a  

^a Buffalo Research Institute   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND ANIMAL SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Buffalo; Digestibility; Jambo grass; Milk yield; Silage

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BUBALUS; BUBALUS BUBALIS;

EID: 62349107126     PISSN: 02538318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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