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Bovine Sex and Species Ratios in India [and Comments and Reply]

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ID7194875
AuthorsA Vaidyanathan (0000-0002-7427-5256), K Narayanan Nair (0000-0002-1311-1370), Marvin Harris, William S Abruzzi, Richard N Adams (0000-0001-8253-9840), M Batra, S M Batra, M Chibnik (0000-0001-7856-3944), Raymond Crotty, Victor S Doherty, Stanley A Freed, Ruth S Freed (0000-0003-4170-1746), Royal T Fruehling, Morgan D Maclachlan, D Nonini (0000-0001-8298-3052), Donald M Nonini, Eugene E Robkin, Eugene Robkin
Year1982
Volume23
Issue4
Pages365-383
Publication date1982-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCurrent Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0011-3204 • E-ISSN: 1537-5382
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1086/202866
OpenAlexW2287402305
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited7

Despite religious sanctions against the slaughter of cattle, bovine age, sex, and species ratios in all India and Kerala are systematically adjusted to demographic, technological, economic, and environmental conditions. While it is not denied that the apotheosis of cattle has influenced the management of India's bovine stocks, religious beliefs cannot account for the most important regional and local variations in the utilization of these animals

Apotheosis · Economics · Geography · Political science · Sanctions · Socioeconomics · Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology · Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock · Law · Livestock Management and Performance Improvement

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Unique citing works1
Citations per year0,03
Citation span1994 - 1994 (1)
Citation velocityhistorical
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 1

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