Husbandry and trade of indigenous chickens in Myanmar - Results of a participatory rural appraisal in the Yangon and the Mandalay divisions

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 38, Issue 7-8, 2006, Pages 611-618

  Henning, J ^a   Khin, A ^b   Hla, T ^b   Meers, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Livestock Breeding and Veterinary Department (LBVD) Campus   (Myanmar)

Author keywords

Indigenous chickens; Middle men; Myanmar; Village chickens

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; CLIMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; EGG; FEMALE; INCOME; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MYANMAR; REPRODUCTION; RURAL POPULATION; VACCINATION;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CLIMATE; EGGS; FEMALE; INCOME; MALE; MYANMAR; NEWCASTLE DISEASE; POULTRY DISEASES; REPRODUCTION; RURAL POPULATION; VACCINATION;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 33845632375     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-006-4425-1     Document Type: Article

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