Effects of supplementation of Tinospora cordifolia to crossbred cows peripartum

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 123, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 5-13

  Mallick, Smrutirekha ^a   Prakash, B S ^a  

^a NATIONAL DAIRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Cows; Guduchi; Hormones; Peripartum; Reproduction; Tinospora cordifolia

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BREEDING; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; HYBRIDIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; METABOLISM; PERIPARTUM PERIOD; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PYOMETRA; TINOSPORA;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; PERIPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PROGESTERONE; PYOMETRA; TINOSPORA;

TINOSPORA; TINOSPORA CORDIFOLIA;

EID: 78751703891     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2010.11.008     Document Type: Article

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