Heat stress management in water buffaloes: A review

Revista Veterinaria

Volumn 21, Issue SUPPL.1, 2010, Pages 297-310

  Ahmad, S ^a   Tariq, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

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