Mithun: An animal of indian pride

Livestock Research for Rural Development

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Mondal, Mohan ^a   Baruah, K K ^b   Rajkhowa, C ^b  

^a NATIONAL DAIRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b National Research Centre on Mithun India   (India)

Author keywords

Conservation; Meat; Milk; Propagation; Rare ruminant

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891647752     PISSN: 01213784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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