Organic crop-livestock systems

Organic Farming: The Ecological System

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 69-84

  Entz, M H ^a   Thiessen Martens, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Crop livestock systems; Grazing management; Organic livestock production; Supplemental feeding strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 85102327927     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780891181897.ch04     Document Type: Chapter

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