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Okuhabura abatungi b’empunu om’Uganda aha bika byazo

Published

2020

Status

Open Access

Language

lg

Countries

  • Uganda

ILRI Programs

  • Livestock genetics
Extension Material
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/111177

Citation

Marshall, K. 2020. Okuhabura abatungi b’empunu om’Uganda aha bika byazo. Nairobi, Kenya: ILRI.

Tags

  • Animal breeding
  • breeds
  • genetics
  • pigs
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Author(s)

  • Marshall, Karen

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