Wildlife-associated zoonotic diseases in some southern African countries in relation to game meat safety: A review

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Bekker, Johan L ^a   Hoffman, Louw C ^b   Jooste, Piet J ^a  

^a TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANIMAL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE CARRIER; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FOOD SAFETY; HUMAN; MEAT; STANDARDS; TRANSMISSION; VETERINARY; WILD ANIMAL; ZOONOSIS;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FOOD SAFETY; HUMANS; MEAT; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84880809830     PISSN: 00302465     EISSN: 22190635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/ojvr.v79i1.422     Document Type: Article

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