Resource use efficiency in urban and peri-urban sheep, goat and cattle enterprises

Animal

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1725-1738

  Diogo, R V C ^a   Buerkert, A ^a   Schlecht, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

conversion efficiency of offered feed; live weight changes; small ruminants; urban agriculture; Zebu cattle

Indexed keywords

BOS; BOS INDICUS; BOVIDAE; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 77957230104     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731110000790     Document Type: Article

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