Poultry production and performance in the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

World's Poultry Science Journal

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 441-453

  Wilson, R T ^a  

^a Bartridge Partners   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

disease; Ethiopia; production; scavenging; village poultry

Indexed keywords

AVES;

EID: 77958557035     PISSN: 00439339     EISSN: 17434777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0043933910000528     Document Type: Review

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