Description of Events Where African Buffaloes (Syncerus caffer) Strayed from the Endemic Foot-and-Mouth Disease Zone in South Africa, 1998-2008

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 333-347

  van Schalkwyk, O L ^a   Knobel, D L ^a   de Clercq, E M ^b   de Pus, C ^c   Hendrickx, G ^b   Van den Bossche, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b AVIA GIS   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Disease control; Endemic; Foot and mouth disease; South africa; Stray buffalo; Syncerus caffer

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; BOVINE; BUFFALO; CATTLE DISEASE; FEMALE; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE VIRUS; FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; BUFFALOES; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FEMALE; FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE; FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE VIRUS; MALE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84963690430     PISSN: 18651674     EISSN: 18651682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tbed.12280     Document Type: Article

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