Investigation of foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks in the Mbala and Kazungula districts of Zambia

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Banda, Frank ^a,b   Kasanga, Christopher J ^a   Sallu, Raphael ^c   Sinkala, Yona ^d   Sinkombe, Tingiya W ^b   Mulumba, Misheck ^e   Rweyemamu, Mark M ^a   Wambura, Philemon N ^a  

^a SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^b Central Veterinary Research Institute   (Zambia)

^c Tanzania Veterinary Laboratory Agency (TVLA)   (Tanzania)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^e Southern African Development Community Secretariat   (Botswana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BOVINE; CATTLE DISEASES; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIC; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE VIRUS; FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PATHOLOGY; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY; ZAMBIA;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE; FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE VIRUS; ZAMBIA;

EID: 84907391674     PISSN: 00302465     EISSN: 22190635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/ojvr.v81i2.721     Document Type: Article

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