Influence of Temperature and Humidity on Pregnancy Rate of Murrah Buffaloes under Subtropical Climate |
Dash, Soumya
(Dairy Cattle Breeding Division, National Dairy Research Institute)
Chakravarty, A.K. (Dairy Cattle Breeding Division, National Dairy Research Institute) Sah, V. (Division of Animal Genetics, Indian Veterinary Research Institute) Jamuna, V. (Dairy Cattle Breeding Division, National Dairy Research Institute) Behera, R. (Dairy Cattle Breeding Division, National Dairy Research Institute) Kashyap, N. (Dairy Cattle Breeding Division, National Dairy Research Institute) Deshmukh, B. (Dairy Cattle Breeding Division, National Dairy Research Institute) |
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