International Journal of
Livestock Production

  • Abbreviation: Int. J. Livest. Prod.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-2448
  • DOI: 10.5897/IJLP
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 292

Full Length Research Paper

Urban poultry production systems and constraints of local and exotic chickens reared in Yirgalem and Hawassa Towns, Ethiopia

Yonas Kejela
  • Yonas Kejela
  • Department of Animal Science, College of Agriculture, Jinka University, P. O. Box 165, Jinka, Ethiopia.
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Sandip Banerjee
  • Sandip Banerjee
  • Department of Animal and Range Sciences, College of Agriculture, Hawassa University, P. O. Box 222, Hawassa, Ethiopia.
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Mestawet Taye
  • Mestawet Taye
  • Department of Animal and Range Sciences, College of Agriculture, Hawassa University, P. O. Box 222, Hawassa, Ethiopia.
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Mohammed Beyan
  • Mohammed Beyan
  • Department of Animal and Range Sciences, College of Agriculture, Hawassa University, P. O. Box 222, Hawassa, Ethiopia.
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  •  Received: 16 October 2018
  •  Accepted: 26 November 2018
  •  Published: 28 February 2019

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