Small ruminant production in two mixed-farming systems of southern Ethiopia: Status and prospects for improvement

Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 399-412

  Legesse, G ^b   Abebe, G ^a   Siegmund Schultze, M ^b   Zárate, A Valle ^b  

^a HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOVIDAE; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 45749135057     PISSN: 00144797     EISSN: 14694441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0014479708006376     Document Type: Article

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