Urban and peri urban dairy farming in East Africa: A review on production levels, constraints and opportunities

Livestock Research for Rural Development

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Gillah, K A ^a   Kifaro, G C ^b   Madsen, J ^c  

^a Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries Development   (Tanzania)

^b SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Age at first calving; Artificial insemination; Calving interval; Lactation length; Milk production; Number of services per conception

Indexed keywords

BOS;

EID: 84869779313     PISSN: 01213784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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