Husbandry practices and health in smallholder dairy farms near Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 99-107

  Mekonnen, H M ^a   Asmamaw, K ^a   Courreau, J F ^b  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b ECOLE NATIONALE VÉTÉRINAIRE D ALFORT   (France)

Author keywords

Dairy; Ethiopia; Husbandry practices; Smallholder

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DAIRYING; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTHRAX; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DAIRYING; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MALE; MASTITIS, BOVINE; OWNERSHIP; PREVALENCE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33646455191     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2005.10.004     Document Type: Article

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