Immune Response and Productive Performance of Dairy Buffaloes and their Offspring Supplemented with Black Seed Oil

Subject Areas : Camel

H.M. Khattab ¹ , A.Z. El-Basiony ² , S.M. Hamdy ³ , A.A. Marwan ⁴

1 - Department of Animal Production, Facultyof Agriculture, AinShamsUniversity, Cairo, Egypt
2 - Department of Animal Production, Facultyof Agriculture, AinShamsUniversity, Cairo, Egypt
3 - Department of Animal Production, Facultyof Agriculture, AinShamsUniversity, Cairo, Egypt
4 - Department of Animal Production, Facultyof Agriculture, AinShamsUniversity, Cairo, Egypt

Received: 2011-02-20 Accepted : 2011-05-02 Published : 2011-12-01

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