Laboratory capacity for diagnosis of foot-and-mouth disease in Eastern Africa: Implications for the progressive control pathway

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 9, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Namatovu, Alice ^a,b   Wekesa, Sabenzia Nabalayo ^b,c   Tjørnehøj, Kirsten ^d   Dhikusooka, Moses Tefula ^a   Muwanika, Vincent B ^b   Siegsmund, Hans Redlef ^e   Ayebazibwe, Chrisostom ^a  

^a Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries   (Uganda)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c Ministry of Livestock Development   (Kenya)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e Technical University of Denmark ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; LABORATORY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

AFRICA, EASTERN; ANIMALS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE; LABORATORIES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872686498     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-9-19     Document Type: Article

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