Contacts between domestic livestock and wildlife at the Kruger National Park Interface of the Republic of South Africa

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 16-21

  Brahmbhatt, Dipa P ^a   Fosgate, Geoffrey T ^b   Dyason, Edwin ^c   Budke, Christine M ^a   Gummow, Bruce ^b,d   Jori, Ferran ^b,e   Ward, Michael P ^f   Srinivasan, R ^g  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c Limpopo Provincial Government   (South Africa)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e CIRAD   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^g TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contacts; Foot and mouth disease; Kruger National Park; Wildlife cattle interface

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BOVIDS; CATTLE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE VIRUS; LION; MAMMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASON; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CATTLE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE; FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE VIRUS; LIONS; MAMMALS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUMINANTS; SEASONS; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 80052398597     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2011.08.003     Document Type: Article

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