The production parameters influencing the composition and structure of pastoral cattle herds in a semi-arid area of Kenya

Animal Science

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 585-594

  Roderick, S ^a   Stevenson, P ^b   Ndungu, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Kenya Trypanosomiasis Research Institute   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Cattle; Kenya; Pastoralism; Production; Semi arid zones

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040678053     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1357729800009164     Document Type: Article

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