Impact of African Swine fever epidemics in smallholder pig production units in Rombo district of Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

Livestock Research for Rural Development

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Swai, E S ^a   Lyimo, C J ^b  

^a Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries Development   (Tanzania)

^b District Livestock Office   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Disease; Economics; Impact; Mortality; Outbreak; Viral

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893434552     PISSN: 01213784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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