Managerial practices and factors influencing reproductive performance of dairy cows in urban/peri-urban areas of Kampala and Gulu, Uganda

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Benon, Kanyima M ^a   Owiny, David O ^a   Båge, Renée ^b   Nassuna Musoke, Maria G ^a   Humblot, Patrice ^b   Magnusson, Ulf ^b  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bovine; Dairy cow; Milk production; Reproductive performance; Tropics; Uganda; Urban peri urban farming

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BOVINE; CITY; DAIRYING; FEMALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCTION; UGANDA;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CITIES; DAIRYING; FEMALE; REPRODUCTION; UGANDA;

EID: 84939131874     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13028-015-0122-2     Document Type: Article

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