Custom, taste and science: Raising chickens in the Pearl River Delta Region, South China

Anthropology and Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 7-18

  Liu, Tik Sang ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chicken farming; Hong Kong; Pearl River Delta; Poultry farmers

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

AGROECOSYSTEM; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; CHICKEN; CHINA; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD INTAKE; INFLUENZA VIRUS; POULTRY FARMING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 40449142786     PISSN: 13648470     EISSN: 14692910     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13648470801918992     Document Type: Article

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