Risk, knowledge and preventive measures of smallholder dairy farmers in northern Malawi with regard to zoonotic brucellosis and bovine tuberculosis

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Tebug, Stanly Fon ^a,f   Njunga, Gilson R ^b   Chagunda, Mizeck G G ^c   Mapemba, Jacob P ^d   Awah Ndukum, Julius ^e   Wiedemann, Steffi ^f  

^a INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b Central Veterinary Laboratory   (Malawi)

^c SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^d World University Service of Canada   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANIMAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD; BOVINE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS, BOVINE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALAWI; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; VETERINARY; ZOONOSIS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS, BOVINE; CATTLE; DAIRYING; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84899144268     PISSN: 00302465     EISSN: 22190635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/ojvr.v81i1.594     Document Type: Article

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