Choice of breeding stock, preference of production traits and culling criteria of village chickens among Zimbabwe agro-ecological zones

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 403-412

  Muchadeyi, F C ^a   Wollny, C B A ^b   Eding, H ^c   Weigend, S ^c   Simianer, H ^d  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b Institute of Animal Breeding and Husbandry in the Tropics and Subtropics   (Germany)

^c FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^d Institute of Animal Breeding and Genetics   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breeding practices; Free ranging chickens; Production traits; Zimbabwe eco zones

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CHICKEN; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTION; ZIMBABWE;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CHICKENS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCTION; ZIMBABWE;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 59449101438     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-008-9204-8     Document Type: Article

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