Calf Rearing Systems in Smallholder Dairy Farming Areas of Zimbabwe: A Diadnostic Study of the Nharira-Lancashire Area

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 68-76

  Mandibaya, W ^a   Mutisi, C ^a   Hamudikuwanda, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Calf Rearing Systems; Restricted Suckling; Smallholder Dairying

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033481289     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.1999.68     Document Type: Article

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