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Impact of routine Newcastle disease vaccination on chicken flock size in smallholder farms in western Kenya
BACKGROUND: Poultry represent a widely held economic, nutritional, and sociocultural asset in rural communities worldwide. In a recent longitudinal study in western Kenya, the reported mean number of chickens per household was 10, with increases in flock size constrained principally by mortality. Ne...
Autores principales: | Otiang, Elkanah, Thumbi, Samuel M., Campbell, Zoë A., Njagi, Lucy W., Nyaga, Philip N., Palmer, Guy H. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7971550/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33735266 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0248596 |
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