Knowledge and practices of smallholder farmers and herdsmen in the use of acaricides and gastrointestinal anthelminthes in Ghana

Livestock Research for Rural Development

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Addah, W ^a   Baah, J ^b   Tia, S ^c   Okine, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Food safety; Label information; Livestock; Parasiticides; Withdrawal period

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; IXODIDA;

EID: 70450162899     PISSN: None     EISSN: 01213784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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