Drivers of disease emergence and spread: Is wildlife to blame?

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Kock, Richard ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DISEASE CARRIER; HUMAN; VETERINARY; WILD ANIMAL; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; HUMANS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84908052376     PISSN: 00302465     EISSN: 22190635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/ojvr.v81i2.739     Document Type: Article

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