Evaluation of smallholder pig production systems in North Vietnam: Pig production management and pig performances

Livestock Science

Volumn 105, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 229-243

  Lemke, U ^a   Kaufmann, B ^a   Thuy, L T ^b   Emrich, K ^a   Valle Zarate A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b National Institute of Animal Husbandry Hanoi   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Generalised linear models; Local pig breed; Loglinear models; On farm; Performance testing; Smallholder pig production; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

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EID: 33750442578     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2006.06.012     Document Type: Article

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