Nutritional management for buffalo production

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1060-1068

  Sarwar, M ^a   Khan, M A ^b   Nisa, M ^a   Bhatti, S A ^a   Shahzad, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Buffalo; Feeding; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BUBALUS; BUBALUS BUBALIS;

EID: 70350144270     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2009.r.09     Document Type: Article

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