Seasonal influences on livestock keeping in a sedentary crop-livestock system

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 705-717

  Thuranira McKeever, Christine ^a   Shaw, Alexandra ^b   Machila, Noreen ^c   Eisler, Mark ^c   Welburn, Susan ^c   Maudlin, Ian ^c  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b AP Consultants   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal health; Household decision making; Livelihood activities; Priorities; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ECONOMICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; KENYA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SEASON;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; KENYA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77952876853     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-009-9478-5     Document Type: Article

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