Cattle owners' perceptions of African bovine trypanosomiasis and its control in Busia and Kwale Districts of Kenya

Acta Tropica

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-34

  Machila, Noreen ^a,b   Wanyangu, Samuel W ^c   McDermott, John ^b   Welburn, Susan C ^a   Maudlin, Ian ^a   Eisler, Mark C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c KENYA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal healthcare; Busia District; Farmers' perceptions; Kenya; Kwale District; Trypanosomiasis

Indexed keywords

ANTITRYPANOSOMAL AGENT;

CATTLE; DISEASE CONTROL; FARMERS ATTITUDE; LIVESTOCK FARMING; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DRUG USE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KENYA; LIVESTOCK; NONHUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA VIVAX; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

BUSIA DISTRICT; KENYA; KWALE DISTRICT;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 0242501514     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(02)00288-7     Document Type: Article

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