Social network analysis provides insights into African swine fever epidemiology

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 126, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-10

  Lichoti, Jacqueline Kasiiti ^a,c   Davies, Jocelyn ^b   Kitala, Philip M ^c   Githigia, Samuel M ^c   Okoth, Edward ^d   Maru, Yiheyis ^b,d   Bukachi, Salome A ^e   Bishop, Richard P ^b,d  

^a Ministry of Agriculture   (Kenya)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^d International Livestock Research Institute   (Kenya)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

African swine fever; Pig movements; Social networks analysis

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN SWINE FEVER; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMMUNITY CARE; ECONOMICS; KENYA; PIG; PROCEDURES; SWINE DISEASES; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TRANSMISSION; UGANDA;

AFRICAN SWINE FEVER; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; COMMERCE; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; KENYA; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TRANSPORTATION; UGANDA;

EID: 84960106777     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2016.01.019     Document Type: Article

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