Effect of intensive or extensive systems on buffalo heifers performances: blood metabolite values
Blood nutritional indicators were measured on twenty-six prepubertal 8- mo-old buffalo heifers, weighing a mean of 134 kg to determine the effect of different feeding and management systems. Animals were randomly assigned to an intensive feeding (n=13; IF group) or to a pasture system plus hay (n=13...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2010-02-01
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| Series: | Italian Journal of Animal Science |
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| Online Access: | http://www.aspajournal.it/index.php/ijas/article/view/1246 |