Cost analysis of immunisation against East Coast fever on smallholder dairy farms in Kenya

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 307-316

  Muraguri, G R ^a   Mbogo, S K ^a   McHardy, N ^a   Kariuki, D P ^a  

^a KENYA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Cattle parasitological diseases; East coast fever; Immunisation cost; Kenya; Smallholder farms

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; CATTLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; IMMUNIZATION; KENYA; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; IMMUNIZATION; KENYA; MODELS, ECONOMIC; THEILERIASIS;

EID: 0032571025     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(97)00086-X     Document Type: Article

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