Zoonoses: A potential obstacle to the growing wildlife industry of Namibia

Infection Ecology and Epidemiology

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-16

  Magwedere, Kudakwashe ^a,b   Hemberger, Maria Y ^a,b   Hoffman, Louw C ^a   Dziva, Francis ^a,c  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b Directorate of Veterinary Services   (Namibia)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Livestock; Meat safety; Namibia; Public health; Wildlife; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANTHRAX; BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTION; CONTROL STRATEGY; CRIMEAN CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CYSTICERCOSIS; DERMATOPHYTOSIS; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD SAFETY; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LIVESTOCK; NAMIBIA; NONHUMAN; PARATUBERCULOSIS; Q FEVER; RABIES; REVIEW; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; SALMONELLOSIS; SARCOCYSTOSIS; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SWINE ERYSIPELAS; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TRICHINOSIS; VACCINATION; WILDLIFE; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 84901796155     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20008686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/iee.v2i0.18365     Document Type: Review

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