Smallholder Farming of the Greater Cane Rat, Thryonomys swinderianus, Temminck, in Southern Ghana: A Baseline Survey of Management Practices

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 223-232

  Adu, E K ^a   Alhassan, W S ^a,b   Nelson, F S ^a  

^a Animal Research Institute Ghana   (Ghana)

^b West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Food; Greater cane rat; Litter; Reproduction; Sexual differences; Size; Thryonomys swinderianus; Water

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARUNDINARIA; THRYONOMYS SWINDERIANUS;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GHANA; LITTER SIZE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTION; RODENT; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STANDARD;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GHANA; HOUSING, ANIMAL; LITTER SIZE; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCTION; RODENTIA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0033173715     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005267110830     Document Type: Article

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