Patterns, risk factors and characteristics of reported and perceived foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in Uganda

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1547-1559

  Ayebazibwe, Chrisostom ^a   Tjørnehøj, Kirsten ^c   Mwiine, Frank N ^a   Muwanika, Vincent B ^b   Ademun Okurut, Anna Rose ^a   Siegismund, Hans R ^d   Alexandersen, Soren ^c,e  

^a Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries   (Uganda)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d Department of Biology ^*  (Denmark)

^e CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Foot and mouth disease outbreaks; Occurrence; Sub counties; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EPIDEMIC; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; GEOGRAPHY; LIVESTOCK; MICROBIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; UGANDA; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; LIVESTOCK; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; UGANDA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77956176171     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-010-9605-3     Document Type: Article

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