Small ruminant production in Lebanon's Beka'a Valley

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 173-180

  Hamadeh, S K ^a   Shomo, F ^b   Nordblom, T ^b   Goodchild, A ^b   Gintzburger, G ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS ICARDA   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Farm survey; Lebanon; Small ruminant management

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE; CAPRA HIRCUS; EQUIDAE; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0002979630     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0921-4488(95)00831-4     Document Type: Article

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