The control of heartwater on large-scale commercial and smallholder farms in Zimbabwe

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 191-210

  Chamboko, T ^a   Mukhebi, A W ^b   Callaghan, C J O ^c   Peter, T F ^a   Kruska, R L ^b   Medley, G F ^c   Mahan, S M ^a   Perry, B D ^b  

^a UF/USAID/SADC Heartwater Res Proj   (Zimbabwe)

^b INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cattle parasitological disease; Cowdria ruminantium; Heartwater; Tick control strategies; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COST; ECONOMICS; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; HEARTWATER DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; PATHOGENICITY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TICK BORNE DISEASE; ZIMBABWE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HEARTWATER DISEASE; MODELS, ECONOMIC; PESTICIDES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; ZIMBABWE;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; CAPRA HIRCUS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0033537964     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(98)00144-5     Document Type: Article

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