Assessing the impact of East Coast Fever immunisation by the infection and treatment method in Tanzanian pastoralist systems

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 97, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 175-182

  Babo Martins, S ^a   Di Giulio, G ^b   Lynen, G ^b   Peters, A ^c   Rushton, J ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b VetAgro Tanzania Ltd   (Tanzania)

^c Bush Loan   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision analysis; East Coast Fever; Infection and treatment method; Partial budget analysis; Pastoralist systems

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; TANZANIA; THEILERIA; THEILERIOSIS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; TANZANIA; THEILERIA; THEILERIASIS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 78650179527     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2010.09.018     Document Type: Article

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