Differences in perception of causes of camel calf losses between pastoralists and scientists

Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 363-378

  Kaufmann, B A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMELIDAE; CAMELUS DROMEDARIUS;

EID: 0142070860     PISSN: 00144797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0014479703001352     Document Type: Article

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