Serosurveillance of foot-and-mouth disease virus in selected livestock-wildlife interface areas of Tanzania

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Mkama, Mathias ^a   Kasanga, Christopher J ^b   Sallu, Raphael ^a   Ranga, Ezekia ^c   Yongolo, Mmeta ^a   Mulumba, Misheck ^d   Rweyemamu, Mark ^b   Wambura, Philemon ^b  

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

^b SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^c Ministry of Livestock Development and Fisheries   (Tanzania)

^d Southern African Development Community Secretariat   (Botswana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BODY FLUID; BOVINE; BUFFALO; CATTLE DISEASES; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE VIRUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; TANZANIA; VIROLOGY; VIRUS GENOME; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BODY FLUIDS; BUFFALOES; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE; FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE VIRUS; GENOME, VIRAL; TANZANIA;

EID: 84908032048     PISSN: 00302465     EISSN: 22190635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/ojvr.v81i2.718     Document Type: Article

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