'Everybody knows', but the rest of the world: The case of a caterpillar-borne reproductive loss syndrome in dromedary camels observed by Sahrawi pastoralists of Western Sahara

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Volpato, Gabriele ^a   Di Nardo, Antonello ^b,c   Rossi, Davide ^d,g   Saleh, Saleh M Lamin ^e   Broglia, Alessandro ^f,g,h  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^e Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic   (Algeria)

^f Technological Insitute of Aeronautics   (Italy)

^g Africa '70 (International Non Governmental Organization)   (Italy)

^h EUROPEAN FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abortion; Community based participatory research; Dromedary camel; Ethnoveterinary medicine; Lasiocampidae; MRLS; Neonatal loss; Reproductive loss syndrome, Duda

Indexed keywords

ACACIA; CAMELIDAE; CAMELUS DROMEDARIUS; LASIOCAMPA; LASIOCAMPIDAE; STREBLOTE;

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAMEL; FEMALE; MOTH; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SYNDROME; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; AFRICA, NORTHERN; ANIMALS; CAMELS; FEMALE; MOTHS; PREGNANCY; SYNDROME;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872098704     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-9-5     Document Type: Article

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