Economic impact of foot and mouth disease outbreaks on smallholder farmers in Ethiopia

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 116, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 26-36

  Jemberu, W T ^a,b   Mourits, M C M ^a   Woldehanna, T ^c   Hogeveen, H ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Cattle; Economic; Ethiopia; Foot and mouth disease; Morbidity; Smallholder farming system

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BOVINE; CATTLE DISEASES; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIC; ETHIOPIA; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE VIRUS; FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGY; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ETHIOPIA; FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE; FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE VIRUS;

EID: 84905051742     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2014.06.004     Document Type: Article

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