The control of neglected zoonotic diseases in Nigeria through animal intervention

African Journal of Biomedical Research

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 81-88

  Ehizibolo, D O ^a   Ehizibolo, P O ^b   Ehizibolo, E E ^c   Sugun, M Y ^a   Idachaba, S E ^a  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Nigeria)

^b AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^c LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Animal interventions; Control; Neglected; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CONTACT EXAMINATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERVENTION STUDY; LASSA FEVER; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NAGANA; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; RABIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL HYGIENE; VETERINARY MEDICINE; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 84857067053     PISSN: 11195096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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