Behaviour of goats, sheep and cattle on natural pasture in the sub-humid zone of West Africa

Livestock Science

Volumn 105, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 244-252

  Ouedraogo Kone S ^a   Kabore Zoungrana C Y ^a   Ledin, I ^b  

^a Université Nazi Boni   (Burkina Faso)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Browsing; Burkina Faso; Cattle; Farmers' knowledge; Goats; Grazing; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ACACIA; ACACIA DUDGEONI; AFZELIA AFRICANA; ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVIDAE; CAPRA HIRCUS; CORDIA; CORDIA MYXA; DICHROSTACHYS CINEREA; DIOSCOREA ALATA; DIOSCOREA TOGOENSIS; ERINACEIDAE; FAIDHERBIA ALBIDA; OVIS ARIES; PTEROCARPUS; PTEROCARPUS ERINACEUS; TORREYA NUCIFERA;

EID: 33751040371     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2006.06.010     Document Type: Article

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