Village poultry: Still important to millions, eight thousand years after domestication

World's Poultry Science Journal

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 181-190

  Alders, R G ^a,b   Pym, R A E ^c  

^a KYEEMA Foundation   (Australia)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Food security; HIV AIDS mitigation; Newcastle disease; Poverty alleviation; Village poultry; Wildlife conservation

Indexed keywords

AVES;

EID: 68349157609     PISSN: 00439339     EISSN: 17434777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0043933909000117     Document Type: Review

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