Applied andrology in water buffalo

Animal Andrology: Theories and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 380-403

  Andrabi, Sayed Murtaza H ^a  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Pakistan)

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