Performance of male and female mithun (Bos frontalis) reared in captivity and fed mixed tree leaves and straw based ration

Animal Nutrition and Feed Technology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 75-80

  Das, K C ^a   Prakash, B ^a   Dutta, P ^a   Rajkhowa, C ^a  

^a National Research Centre on Mithun India   (India)

Author keywords

Body weight gain; Captivity; Mithun; Sex; Tree leaves

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149432943     PISSN: 09722963     EISSN: 0974181X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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