Risk factors associated with occurrence of African swine fever outbreaks in smallholder pig farms in four districts along the Uganda-Kenya border

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 589-595

  Nantima, Noelina ^a   Ocaido, Michael ^b   Ouma, Emily ^c   Davies, Jocelyn ^d   Dione, Michel ^c   Okoth, Edward ^e   Mugisha, Anthony ^b   Bishop, Richard ^e  

^a Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries   (Uganda)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

^e INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

African swine fever; Kenya; Pigs; Smallholder systems; Uganda

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN SWINE FEVER; AFRICAN SWINE FEVER VIRUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KENYA; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PIG; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; UGANDA; VETERINARY;

AFRICAN SWINE FEVER; AFRICAN SWINE FEVER VIRUS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; KENYA; OWNERSHIP; RISK FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SWINE; UGANDA;

EID: 84925496356     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-015-0768-9     Document Type: Article

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