Variation in the functions of village goats in Zimbabwe and South Africa

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1381-1391

  Gwaze, F Rumosa ^a   Chimonyo, M ^a   Dzama, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ceremonies; Coat colour; Household consumption; Ownership patterns

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GOAT; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS; ZIMBABWE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CULTURE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GOATS; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AFRICA; ZIMBABWE;

BOS; CAPRA HIRCUS; IXODIDA;

EID: 70350345424     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-009-9326-7     Document Type: Article

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