Assessment of the nutritional status of indigenous scavenging chickens in Ada'a district, Ethiopia

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 123-130

  Mekonnen, Hailemariam ^a   Mulatu, D ^b   Kelay, B ^a   Berhan, T ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b MoARD   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Crop content; Ethiopia; Scavenging chicken; Season; Smallholder

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 71249112714     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-009-9395-7     Document Type: Article

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