Sustainable smallholder livestock systems: A case study of Limpopo Province, South Africa

Livestock Science

Volumn 139, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 186-190

  Stroebel, A ^a   Swanepoel, F J C ^a   Pell, A N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefits; Breeding objectives; Cattle; Efficiency parameters; Herd dynamics; Smallholder

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 79957980994     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2011.03.004     Document Type: Article

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