Climate change and animal health in Africa

OIE Revue Scientifique et Technique

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 551-562

  Van Den Bossche, P ^a   Coetzer, J A W ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; Climate change; Control; Disease; Health; Livestock

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 53349099102     PISSN: 02531933     EISSN: 16080645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20506/rst.27.2.1816     Document Type: Article

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