Effect of housing improvement and other factors on the growth of heifer calves on Kenyan smallholder dairy farms

Author:

Kimeli PeterORCID,VanLeeuwen John,Gitau George,Heider Luke,McKenna Shawn,Greenwood Spencer

Funder

Atlantic Veterinary College

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Subject

Animal Science and Zoology,Food Animals

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