Assessment of farmer knowledge of large ruminant health and production in developing village level biosecurity in northern lao PDR

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 420-429

  Nampanya, S ^a   Rast, L ^a   Khounsy, S ^b   Windsor, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Department of Livestock and Fisheries ^*  (Laos)

Author keywords

Farmer knowledge; Lao PDR; Large ruminant health and production; Risk of transmission; Transboundary disease; Village level biosecurity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BOVIDS; BUFFALO; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERVIEW; LAOS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BUFFALOES; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LAOS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RUMINANTS;

BOVIDAE;

EID: 78449262888     PISSN: 18651674     EISSN: 18651682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1865-1682.2010.01168.x     Document Type: Article

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