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Feeding dairy cattle in East Africa

Manual
Published on April 2012
byEast Africa Dairy Development Project

Citation

Lukuyu, B., Gachuiri, C.K., Lukuyu, M.N., Lusweti, C. and Mwendia, S. 2012. Feeding dairy cattle in East Africa. Nairobi, Kenya: East Africa Dairy Development.

Authors

  • Lukuyu, Ben A.
  • animal feeding
  • animal production
  • capacity strengthening
  • cattle
  • dairying
  • forages
  • livestock
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