Assessment of village chicken production system and evaluation of the productive and reproductive performance of local chicken ecotype in bure district, North West Ethiopia

African Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 5, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 1739-1748

  Moges, Fisseha ^a   Mellesse, Abera ^c   Dessie, Tadelle ^b  

^a Andassa Livestock Research Center   (Ethiopia)

^b INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^c HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Local chicken ecotypes; Village chicken production system

Indexed keywords

AVES;

EID: 77955022557     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1991637X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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