Farmer's awareness and practices on Rabies, bovine tuberculosis, taeniasis, hydatidosis and brucellosis in Mana and Limmukosa districts of Jimma zone, south west Ethiopia

World Applied Sciences Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 782-787

  Kuma, Tirsit ^a   Deressa, Benti ^a   Alem, Fana ^a   Tigre, Worku ^a  

^a JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Awareness and practices; Ethiopia; Farmers; Jimma; One health; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880990168     PISSN: 18184952     EISSN: 19916426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5829/idosi.wasj.2013.23.06.1950     Document Type: Article

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