Health and production measures for smallholder pig production in Kikuyu Division, central Kenya

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 197-210

  Wabacha, J K ^a   Maribei, J M ^a   Mulei, C M ^a   Kyule, M N ^a,b   Zessin, K H ^b   Oluoch Kosura, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Health; Kenya; Pigs; Production; Smallholder systems

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BREEDING; FEMALE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KENYA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BREEDING; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; KENYA; MALE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

SUS SCROFA;

EID: 2542520932     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2004.02.006     Document Type: Article

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