Foot and mouth disease in Tanzania: An overview of its national status

Veterinary Quarterly

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 72-78

  Kivaria, F M ^a  

^a Animal Diseases Research Institute Dar Es Salaam   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Agricultural economis; Disease control; Economics; Exports; Foot and mouth disease; Livestock industry; Livestock movements; Pastoralism; Tanzania; Trade in animals; Viral diseases

Indexed keywords

FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE VACCINE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONTROL STRATEGY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE VIRUS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INFECTION CONTROL; LIVESTOCK; NONHUMAN; PERSISTENT VIRUS INFECTION; PICORNAVIRUS INFECTION; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; TANZANIA; VIRUS CARRIER; WILDLIFE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; COMMERCE; DAIRYING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE; INDUSTRY; MEAT; PREVALENCE; TANZANIA;

ANIMALIA; FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE VIRUS; PICORNAVIRIDAE;

EID: 0037524355     PISSN: 01652176     EISSN: 18755941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01652176.2003.9695147     Document Type: Article

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