The use of trees, shrubs and herbs in livestock production by communal farmers in northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

African Journal of Range and Forage Science

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 271-274

  Kunene, N ^a   Wilson, R A C ^a   Myeni, N P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZULULAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cattle; Goats; Indigenous remedies; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; CAPRA HIRCUS; CISSUS; CISSUS QUADRANGULARIS; CRINUM; CRINUM MACOWANII; GNIDIA KRAUSSIANA; HEDERA; MORAEA; MORAEA SPATHULATA; OVIS ARIES; RHUS; SARCOSTEMMA; SARCOSTEMMA VIMINALE; VITELLARIOPSIS;

EID: 1342312023     PISSN: 10220119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/10220110309485826     Document Type: Review

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