STRUCTURAL AND COMPOSITIONAL CHANGES IN SMALL RUMINANT POPULATION OF TAMIL NADU
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Date
2004-02
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Indian Society for Sheep and Goat Production and Utilization
Abstract
India is endowed with the largest livestock
wealth in the world particularly small ruminants
Sheep and goat are considered to be the wealth of the
poor and hence their role in poverty alleviation,
income and employment generation is of significant
importance, more so, in dry land farming system, as
they can thrive under any adverse climatic conditions.
The contribution of Sheep and goat meat, skin, wool,
milk and many more commodities to the country’s
economy is 5.4 % of the GNP of agriculture sector.
Description
TNV_IJSR_2004_10(2)166-168
Keywords
Veterinary Science