Effect of oxytocin administration before milking on milk production, somatic cells count and fat contents in milk of Nili-Ravi buffaloes

Pakistan Veterinary Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 435-437

  Akhtar, Muhammad Saleem ^a   Lodhi, Laeeq Akbar ^b   Farooq, Abdul Asim ^a   Ayaz, M Mazhar ^a   Hussain, Maqbool ^a   Lashari, Mushtaq Hussain ^a   Chaudhary, Zafar Iqbal ^a  

^a BAHAUDDIN ZAKARIYA UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Buffalo; Fat; Milk production; Oxytocin; Somatic cells count

Indexed keywords

BUBALUS;

EID: 84863878782     PISSN: 02538318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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