Milk producers' awareness of milk-borne zoonoses in selected smallholder and commercial dairy farms of Zimbabwe

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 733-739

  Mosalagae, Diphetogo ^a   Pfukenyi, Davies Mubika ^b   Matope, Gift ^b  

^a Department of Agricultural Research ^*  (Botswana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Awareness; Dairy sectors; Milk producers; Milk borne zoonoses; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAIRYING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; ZIMBABWE; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DAIRYING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MILK; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; ZIMBABWE; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79651474420     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-010-9761-5     Document Type: Article

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