Contribution of draft cattle to rural livelihoods in a district of southeastern Uganda endemic for bovine parasitic diseases: An economic evaluation

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Okello, Walter O ^a   Muhanguzi, Dennis ^b   MacLeod, Ewan T ^a   Welburn, Susan C ^a   Waiswa, Charles ^b   Shaw, Alexandra P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c AVIA GIS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Animal traction; Draft cattle; Gross margin analysis; Household income; Trypanosomiasis; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOVINE; COST; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FEMALE; LIVESTOCK; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; PROFIT; RURAL AREA; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TICK BORNE DISEASE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; UGANDA; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; CATERING SERVICE; CATTLE DISEASES; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; INCOME; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; PRODUCTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY; FOCUS GROUPS; FOOD SUPPLY; INCOME; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; RURAL POPULATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UGANDA;

EID: 84946210961     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13071-015-1191-9     Document Type: Article

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