Studies of the outbreaks of foot and mouth disease in West Bengal, India, between 1985 and 2002

OIE Revue Scientifique et Technique

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 945-952

  Bhattacharya, S ^a   Banerjee, R ^b   Ghosh, R ^b   Chattopadhayay, A P ^c   Chatterjee, A ^d  

^a Intervet India Pvt Ltd   (India)

^b All India Co Ordinated Research Project for Epidemiological Studies on Foot and Mouth Disease   (India)

^c Animal Resource Development (North 24 Paragans)   (India)

^d Government of West Bengal   (India)

Author keywords

Agro climatic zone; Animal movement; Endemicity; Foot and mouth disease; Susceptibility; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 33645925384     PISSN: 02531933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20506/rst.24.3.1622     Document Type: Article

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