Smallholder pig rearing systems in northern Lao PDR

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 867-874

  Phengsavanh, P ^a   Ogle, B ^a,b   Stur W ^a,c   Frankow Lindberg, B E ^a,b   Lindberg, J E ^a,b  

^a National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute   (Laos)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c International Centre for Tropical Agriculture   (Laos)

Author keywords

Disease outbreak; Ethnic group; Intensity of crop production; Rearing system

Indexed keywords

SUIDAE;

EID: 79960257772     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2011.10289     Document Type: Article

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