Village chicken production systems in Zhombe communal area of Zimbabwe

Livestock Research for Rural Development

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Mlambo, T ^a   Mbiriri, D T ^a   Mutibvu, T ^a   Kashangura, M T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Disease outbreaks; Flocks; Free range; Livelihoods household

Indexed keywords

AVES; BOS; GALLUS GALLUS; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 79959944118     PISSN: None     EISSN: 01213784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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