Survey of foetal wastages: A case study of Makurdi Abattoir in Benue State from 1997 to 2002

Pakistan Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 450-462

  Abdulkadir, U ^a   Jiya, E Z ^a   Kosu, S A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Foetal wastage; Malnutrition; Protein

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREEDING; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; COW; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS WASTAGE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIVESTOCK; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEAT; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; POVERTY; SLAUGHTERHOUSE;

EID: 41949085743     PISSN: 16805194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjn.2008.450.452     Document Type: Article

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