Promoting the use of ethnoveterinary practices in livestock health management in Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe

Ethnobotany Research and Applications

Volumn 12, Issue , 2014, Pages 397-405

  Murungweni, Chrispen ^d  

^a Grasslands Research Institute   (Zimbabwe)

^b Makoholi Research Institute   (Zimbabwe)

^c Department of Research and Specialist Services ^*  (Zimbabwe)

^d Chinhoyi University of Technology   (Zimbabwe)

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EID: 84907094604     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15473465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17348/era.12.0.397-405     Document Type: Article

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