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5.3 Peri-urban piggeries in Papua New Guinea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

J. R. Walters
Affiliation:
Masterbreeders (Livestock Development) Ltd., Basing View, Basingstoke, Hants., RG21 2EQ
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Extract

The pig is by far the most important domestic animal in Papua New Guinea, having been introduced to the island from Asia as domestic stock more than 5 000 years ago (Purdy, 1971; Harris, 1975; Brown, 1978).

Type
Intensive Production of Non-Ruminants
Copyright
Copyright © British Society of Animal Production 1981

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