Performance of pre-wanted female calves confind in housing and open enviornment hutches in Kuwait

Pakistan Veterinary Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-4

  Razzaque, M A ^a   Abbas, S ^a   Al Mutawa, T ^a   Bedair, M ^a  

^a KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Conventional housing; Dairy calves; Hutch; Mortality; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

FRIESIA;

EID: 62349116207     PISSN: 02538318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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