Veterinary Realities: What is Foot and Mouth Disease?

Sociologia Ruralis

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-16

  Law, John ^a   Mol, Annemarie ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; MEDICINE; MOBILITY; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 78650061912     PISSN: 00380199     EISSN: 14679523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9523.2010.00520.x     Document Type: Article

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