Effect of season of birth and sex of kid on the production of live weaned single born kids in smallholder East African goat flocks in North East Zimbabwe

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-6

  Ndlovu, L R ^a   Simela, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Productivity; Seasonal effect; Small East African goat; Smallholder

Indexed keywords

CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 0041801637     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0921-4488(95)00844-6     Document Type: Article

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