participatory livestock farmer training for improvement of animal health in rural and peri-urban smallholder dairy herds in Jinja, Uganda

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-11

  Vaarst, M ^a   Byarugaba, D K ^b   Nakavuma, J ^b   Laker, C ^c  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c Office of the Prime Minister   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Farmer field school approach; Mastitis; Participatory methods; Smallholder dairy farming

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAIRYING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POPULATION; RURAL POPULATION; UGANDA;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DAIRYING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASTITIS, BOVINE; RURAL POPULATION; SUBURBAN POPULATION; UGANDA;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 33847276724     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-006-4439-8     Document Type: Article

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