Community awareness of bird flu and the practice of backyard poultry in a North-Central State of Nigeria

Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 146-151

  Musa, O I ^a   Aderibigbe, S A ^a   Salaudeen, G A ^a   Oluwole, F A ^b   Samuel, S O ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

^b OLABISI ONABANJO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^c AMBROSE ALLI UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Avian influenza; Backyard poultry; Bird flu; Poultry practices

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; AWARENESS; BIRD DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NIGERIA; POULTRY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESIDENT; SAMPLING; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; POULTRY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79953850883     PISSN: 11212233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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