Local chicken production system in Malawi: Household flock structure, dynamics, management and health

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 103-113

  Gondwe, T N ^a,b   Wollny, C B A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b LILONGWE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Malawi)

^c UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES BINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Flock dynamics; Local chickens; On farm monitoring; Scavenging

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CATERING SERVICE; CHICKEN; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMICS; EGG; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALAWI; MALE; MEAT; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RURAL POPULATION; SEASON;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; COMMERCE; DATA COLLECTION; EGGS; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; MEAT; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POULTRY DISEASES; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33947680643     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-006-4293-8     Document Type: Article

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