Productivity in different cattle production systems in Kenya

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 423-430

  Onono, Joshua Orungo ^a,b   Wieland, Barbara ^a   Rushton, Jonathan ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Constraints; Kenya; Parameters; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

BOS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CATTLE; DAIRYING; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; KENYA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; KENYA; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 84872819659     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-012-0233-y     Document Type: Article

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