Lamb and Kid Mortality in Village Flocks in the Coastal Savanna Zone of Ghana

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 477-490

  Turkson, P K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Ghana; Kid; Lamb; Mortality; Risk factors; Traditional production system; Village flocks

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GHANA; GOAT; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHEEP; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GHANA; GOATS; MALE; MORTALITY; SEX FACTORS; SHEEP; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; LAMB; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0345447008     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1027314800711     Document Type: Article

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