Analysis of a village chicken production system and performance of improved dual purpose chickens under a subtropical hill agro-ecosystem in India

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 395-402

  Kumaresan, A ^a   Bujarbaruah, K M ^b   Pathak, K A ^a   Chhetri, Bijoy ^a   Ahmed, S K ^a   Haunshi, Santosh ^a  

^a ICAR RESEARCH COMPLEX FOR NEH REGION   (India)

^b INDIAN COUNCIL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Egg and meat consumption pattern; Scavenging; Tribal farmers; Vanaraja breed; Village poultry production

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKEN; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ADULT; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKENS; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

AVES; CANIDAE; FELIS SILVESTRIS; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 46249102475     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-007-9097-y     Document Type: Article

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