Nutritional Status of Dairy Cattle in theNorth-Western Himalayan Region of the Kashmir Valley

Subject Areas : Camel

S.H. Bhat ¹ , D. Medhi ² , H.A. Ahmed ³ , F.A. Matto ⁴

1 - Department of Animal Nutrition, Faculty of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agril, Science and Technology ofKashmir, Shuhama, Alusteng, Srinagar, 190006, India
2 - Department of Animal Nutrition, Faculty of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agril, Science and Technology ofKashmir, Shuhama, Alusteng, Srinagar, 190006, India
3 - Department of Animal Nutrition, Faculty of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agril, Science and Technology ofKashmir, Shuhama, Alusteng, Srinagar, 190006, India
4 - Department of Animal Nutrition, Faculty of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agril, Science and Technology ofKashmir, Shuhama, Alusteng, Srinagar, 190006, India

Received: 2011-08-26 Accepted : 2012-02-03 Published : 2013-03-01

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