Mapping cattle trade routes in southern Somalia: A method for mobile livestock keeping systems

OIE Revue Scientifique et Technique

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 485-495

  Tempia, S ^a   Braidotti, F ^a   Aden, H H ^a   Abdulle, M H ^a   Costagli, R ^a   Otieno, F T ^b  

^a Terra Nuova East Africa   (Kenya)

^b INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Cattle; Certification; Critical control points; Geographic information systems; Livestock; Nomadic pastoralism; Somalia; Trade routes; Trekking

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 79951609806     PISSN: 02531933     EISSN: 16080645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20506/rst.29.3.1997     Document Type: Article

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