Feed intake, weight gain and haematology in nili-ravi buffalo heifers fed on mott grass and berseem fodder substituted with saltbush (atriplex amnicola)

Pakistan Veterinary Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 133-137

  Bhatti, J A ^a   Younas, M ^b   Abdullah, M ^a   Babar, M E ^a   Nawaz, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND ANIMAL SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Atriplex amnicola; Buffalo heifers; DMI; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ATRIPLEX; ATRIPLEX AMNICOLA; PENNISETUM; PENNISETUM GLAUCUM; SARCOBATUS VERMICULATUS; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM ALEXANDRINUM;

EID: 70350225383     PISSN: 02538318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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