Farmers' perception of impacts of bovine trypanosomosis and tsetse fly in selected districts in Baro-Akobo and Gojeb river basins, Southwestern Ethiopia

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 9, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Seyoum, Zewdu ^a   Terefe, Getachew ^b   Ashenafi, Hagos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Baro Akobo; Farmers' perception; Gojeb; River basin; Southwestern Ethiopia; Trypanosomosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE; GLOSSINA (GENUS); GLOSSINIDAE;

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DISEASE CARRIER; DRUG COST; ECONOMICS; ETHIOPIA; GLOSSINIDAE; NAGANA; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEASON; STATISTICS;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; CATTLE; DRUG COSTS; ETHIOPIA; INSECT VECTORS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEASONS; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, BOVINE; TSETSE FLIES;

EID: 84885524942     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-9-214     Document Type: Article

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