Forage based animal production systems and sustainability, an invited keynote

Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia

Volumn 37, Issue SPECIALISSUE, 2008, Pages 78-84

  Chaudhry, Abdul Shakoor ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal production systems; Forages; Ruminants; Sustainable

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149414872     PISSN: 15163598     EISSN: 18069290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-35982008001300010     Document Type: Article

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