Production performance of indigenous chicken of northeastern region and improved varieties developed for backyard farming

Indian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 79, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 901-905

  Haunshi, Santosh ^a,b   Doley, Sunil ^a   Shakuntala, I ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b Paultry ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Gramapriya; Indigenous chickens; Miri type; Northeast; Performance; Vanaraja

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 70349774476     PISSN: 03678318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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