Path analysis of subsistence farmers' use of veterinary services in Zimbabwe

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 339-358

  Woods, Pamela S A ^a,b   Wynne, Herman J ^b   Ploeger, Harm W ^b   Leonard, David K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Livestock health services; Path analysis; Subsistence farmer; Use of veterinary services; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0344084260     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(03)00162-4     Document Type: Article

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