A quantitative risk assessment of bovine theileriosis entering Luapula Province from Central Province in Zambia via live cattle imports from traditional and commercial production sectors

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 116, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 63-74

  Makungu, C ^a   Mwacalimba, K K ^b  

^a Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock   (Zambia)

^b Independent Health Economics Research Consultant   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle; Import risk assessment; Theileriosis; Tick borne disease

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE; IXODIDA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BOVINE; CATTLE DISEASES; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; THEILERIA; THEILERIASIS; THEORETICAL MODEL; ZAMBIA;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; THEILERIA; THEILERIASIS; ZAMBIA;

EID: 84905042453     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2014.05.006     Document Type: Article

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