Village-based indigenous chicken production system in north-west Ethiopia

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 189-197

  Halima, H ^a   Neser, F W C ^a   Van Marle Koster, E ^b   De Kock, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Chickens; Indigenous; North west Ethiopia; Production systems

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; EGG; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MALE; MEAT; METHODOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; EGGS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEAT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 34248351972     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-007-9004-6     Document Type: Article

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