Smallholder dairy production in Southern Vietnam: Production, management and milk quality problems

African Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 5, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 2668-2675

  Lam, Vo ^a   Wredle, Ewa ^b   Thao, Nguyen The ^a   van Man, Ngo ^c   Svennersten Sjaunja, Kerstin ^b  

^a An Giang University   (Viet Nam)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c NONG LAM UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Milk quality; Milk somatic cell count; Questionnaire; Smallholder dairy farms

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; FRIESIA;

EID: 78449308872     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1991637X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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