Comparison of nitrogen metabolism in yak (Bos grunniens) and indigenous cattle (Bos taurus) on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 766-773

  Wang, Hucheng ^a   Long, Ruijun ^a   Liang, Juan Boo ^b   Guo, Xusheng ^a   Ding, Luming ^a   Shang, Zhanhuan ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Grazing intake; Nitrogen balance; Plasma urea nitrogen; Purine derivative; Yak

Indexed keywords

BOS; BOS GRUNNIENS; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 79960203846     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2011.10350     Document Type: Article

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