Rumen Acidosis in Small Ruminants and Its Therapeutic Management

Subject Areas : Camel

N.A. Tufani ¹ , D.M. Makhdoomi ² , A. Hafiz ³

1 - Department of Veterinay Medicine, Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, G.B. Pant University of Agricultural and Technology, Uttarakhand, India
2 - Department of Veterinay Medicine, Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, G.B. Pant University of Agricultural and Technology, Uttarakhand, India
3 - Department of Veterinay Medicine, Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, G.B. Pant University of Agricultural and Technology, Uttarakhand, India

Received: 2011-11-10 Accepted : 2012-02-08 Published : 2013-03-01

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