Plasma hormones, metabolites, milk production, and cholesterol levels in Murrah buffaloes fed with Asparagus racemosus in transition and postpartum period

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1827-1832

  Singh, Surendra Pratap ^a   Mehla, Ram Kumar ^a   Singh, Mahendra ^a  

^a NATIONAL DAIRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Buffaloes; Hormones; Milk yield; Plasma and milk cholesterol; Transition period

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; FATTY ACID; HYDROCORTISONE; PROLACTIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; ASPARAGUS; BLOOD; BUFFALO; CHEMISTRY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENZYME ASSAY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; INDIA; METABOLISM; MILK; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM; SECRETION (PROCESS);

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ASPARAGUS PLANT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BUFFALOES; CHOLESTEROL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ENZYME ASSAYS; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; FEMALE; HYDROCORTISONE; INDIA; MILK; PERIPARTUM PERIOD; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PROLACTIN;

ASPARAGUS RACEMOSUS; BUBALUS; TERMINALIA CATAPPA;

EID: 84868366110     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-012-0144-y     Document Type: Article

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