Production performance of Sasso (distributed by ethio-chicken private poultry farms) and Bovans brown chickens breed under village production system in three agro-ecologies of Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Regional State (SNNPR), Ethiopia

Aman Getiso; Bangu Bekele; Bereket Zeleke; Desta Gebriel; Abiti Tadesse; Edget Abreham; Hamid Jemal

doi:10.5897/IJLP2017.0391

International Journal of
Livestock Production

Abbreviation: Int. J. Livest. Prod.
Language: English
ISSN: 2141-2448
DOI: 10.5897/IJLP
Start Year: 2009
Published Articles: 287

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Production performance of Sasso (distributed by ethio-chicken private poultry farms) and Bovans brown chickens breed under village production system in three agro-ecologies of Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Regional State (SNNPR), Ethiopia

Aman Getiso

Aman Getiso
Southern Agricultural Research Institute, Areka Agricultural Research Center, P. O. Box 79, Areka, Ethiopia.
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Bangu Bekele

Bangu Bekele
Southern Agricultural Research Institute, Hawassa Agricultural Research Center, P. O. Box 06, Hawassa, Ethiopia.
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Bereket Zeleke

Bereket Zeleke
Southern Agricultural Research Institute, Hawassa Agricultural Research Center, P. O. Box 06, Hawassa, Ethiopia.
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Desta Gebriel

Desta Gebriel
Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Regional State, Bureau of Livestock and Fishery Resource, P. O. Box 2083, Hawassa, Ethiopia.
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Abiti Tadesse

Abiti Tadesse
Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Regional State, Bureau of Livestock and Fishery Resource, P. O. Box 2083, Hawassa, Ethiopia.
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Edget Abreham

Edget Abreham
Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Regional State, Bureau of Livestock and Fishery Resource, P. O. Box 2083, Hawassa, Ethiopia.
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Hamid Jemal

Hamid Jemal
Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Regional State, Bureau of Livestock and Fishery Resource, P. O. Box 2083, Hawassa, Ethiopia.
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Article Number - 0CE398A65763
Vol.8(9), pp. 145-157 , September 2017
https://doi.org/10.5897/IJLP2017.0391

Received: 17 June 2017
Accepted: 01 August 2017
Published: 30 September 2017

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