Camel and camel product marketing in Babilie and Kebribeyah woredas of the Jijiga Zone, Somali Region, Ethiopia

Livestock Research for Rural Development

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Mehari, Yohannes ^a   Mekuriaw, Zeleke ^b   Gebru, Getachew ^c,d  

^a Alemaya University ^*  (Ethiopia)

^b HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Camel; Camel marketing; Meat marketing; Milk marketing

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAMELIDAE;

EID: 34047112289     PISSN: None     EISSN: 01213784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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