Farmers, animal disease reporting and the effect of trust: A study of west australian sheep and cattle farmers

Rural Society

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 32-48

  Palmer, Sarah ^a   Sully, Max ^a   Fozdar, Farida ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agricultural extension; Biosecurity; Farmers; Livestock disease; Risk; Rural; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650696951     PISSN: 10371656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/rsj.351.19.1.32     Document Type: Article

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