Feeding and performance of pigs in smallholder production systems in Northern Lao PDR

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1627-1633

  Phengsavanh, Phonepaseuth ^a   Ogle, Brian ^b   Stür, Werner ^c   Frankow Lindberg, Bodil E ^b   Lindberg, Jan Erik ^b  

^a National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute   (Laos)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c International Center for Tropical Agriculture   (Laos)

Author keywords

Ethnic group; Feed; Growth rate; Pig; Reproductive performance

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; FERTILITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTERVIEW; LAOS; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; SWINE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; FERTILITY; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LAOS; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SUS SCROFA;

MANIHOT ESCULENTA; SUIDAE; VIRIDIPLANTAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 78049411948     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-010-9612-4     Document Type: Article

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