Comparison of local Guinea fowl (Meleagris numida) production characteristics in experimental station and rural area in soudano-guinean zone of Bénin;Comparaison des caractéristiques de production de la pintade locale (Meleagris numida) en station et dans le milieu villageois en zone soudano-guinéenne du Bénin

Livestock Research for Rural Development

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Dahouda, M ^a   Senou M ^a   Toleba S S ^a   Boko, C K ^a   Adandedjan J C ^a   Hornick, J L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABOMEY CALAVI   (Benin)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Daily weight gain; Feed conversion ratio; Growth; Hatchability; Incubation; Laying; Mortality

Indexed keywords

AVES; MELEAGRIS; NUMIDA;

EID: 57449118749     PISSN: None     EISSN: 01213784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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