Evaluating the potential for the environmentally sustainable control of foot and mouth disease in sub-saharan Africa

EcoHealth

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 314-322

  Ferguson, Kenneth J ^a   Cleaveland, Sarah ^a   Haydon, Daniel Thomas ^a   Caron, Alexandre ^b,c   Kock, Richard A ^d   Lembo, Tiziana ^a   Hopcraft, J Grant C ^a   Chardonnet, Bertrand ^e   Nyariki, Thomas ^f   Keyyu, Julius ^g   Paton, David James ^g   Kivaria, Fredrick Mathias ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b CIRAD   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^d ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^e African Protected Areas and Wildlife Expert   (France)

^f African Union Interafrican Bureau for Animal Resources   (Kenya)

^g INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^h Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries Development   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Africa; control; decision making; environment; FAO OIE; foot and mouth disease; integration; sustainable; wildlife

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CONSUMER; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EPIDEMIC; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HUMAN; POVERTY; REVIEW; RURAL POPULATION; VIROLOGY;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE; HUMANS; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84891360290     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-013-0850-6     Document Type: Review

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