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Sustainable management of endemic ruminant livestock of West Africa and their environment

Published

2016

Status

Open Access

Language

en
Report
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/77481

Citation

Fall, A., Fadiga, M., Ayantunde, A.A., Marshall, K. and Said, M.Y. 2016. Sustainable management of endemic ruminant livestock of West Africa and their environment. ILRI Project Report, Nairobi, Kenya: ILRI.

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Author(s)

  • Fall, Abdou
  • Fadiga, M.L.
  • Ayantunde, Augustine A.
  • Marshall, Karen
  • Said, Mohammed Yahya

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