Use of an herbal galactogogue on milk quality and yield

Asian Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 297-300

  Preciado, A Taylor ^a   Hernández, J R Orozco ^b   Carranza, A Contreras ^c   de la Mora, V Carranza ^c   Chávez, G Rocha ^b  

^a Departamento de Ciencias   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^c S A de C V Maestría en Ciencias en Nutrición Animal   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Herbal secretogogue supplementation; Lactating cow; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955016110     PISSN: 16839919     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ajava.2011.297.300     Document Type: Article

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