Buffalo Milk: Buffalo Milk Production

Handbook of Milk of Non-Bovine Mammals

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 195-214

  Pandya, Ajit J ^a,b   Khan, M Mohamed Habibulla ^c  

^a GUJARAT AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Indian Dairy Association   (India)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Bhutan; Buffalo; Greece; Mesopotamia; Milk production

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889322113     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470999738.ch8     Document Type: Chapter

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