The role of traditional and non-traditional meat animals in feeding a growing and evolving world

Animal Frontiers

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 6-12

  Cawthorn, Donna Mareè ^a   Hoffman, Louwrens C ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Animal protein; Food security; Indigenous animals; Mini livestock; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941805981     PISSN: 21606056     EISSN: 21606064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/af.2014-0027     Document Type: Article

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