Erratum to (Tropical Animal Health and Production, (2013), 45, 1, 10.1007/s11250-012-0246-6);Dairy goat production systems: Status quo, perspectives and challenges

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 17-34

  Escareño, Luis ^a,b   Salinas Gonzalez, Homero ^c   Wurzinger, Maria ^a   Iñiguez, Luiz ^d   Sölkner, Johann ^a   Meza Herrera, Cesar ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE ZACATECAS   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES FORESTALES   (Mexico)

^d INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS ICARDA   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^e UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA CHAPINGO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Africa; Asia; Breeds; Dairy goats; Europe; Latin American; Smallholders

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BREEDING; DAIRYING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; GENETICS; GOAT; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; STATISTICS;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BREEDING; DAIRYING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GOATS;

EID: 85027932273     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-014-0555-z     Document Type: Erratum

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