Supply of veterinary medicinal products to an emerging farming community in the North West Province of South Africa

Journal of the South African Veterinary Association

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 185-189

  Gehring, R ^a   Swan, G E ^a   Sykes, R D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b National Department of Agriculture   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Drug regulation; Drug supply; Emerging livestock farmers; Focus groups; South Africa; Subsistence; Veterinary medicinal products

Indexed keywords

VETERINARY DRUG;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANIMAL HEALTH; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG MARKETING; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PURCHASING; SOUTH AFRICA; TRAVEL; VETERINARY MEDICINE; AFRICAN MEDICINE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PHYTOTHERAPY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; DATA COLLECTION; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; SOUTH AFRICA; VETERINARY DRUGS; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

EID: 0037636574     PISSN: 10199128     EISSN: 22249435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/jsava.v73i4.584     Document Type: Article

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