Indigenous knowledge of pastoralists on respiratory diseases of camels in northern Kenya

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 130, Issue , 2016, Pages 60-66

  Wako, D D ^a,b,e   Younan, M ^a   Tessema, T S ^b   Glucks I V ^c   Baumann, M P O ^b,d  

^a KENYA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c Kenya Programme   (Kenya)

^d FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^e Sidai Africa   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Camel; Indigenous knowledge; Northern Kenya; Participatory epidemiology; Respiratory Disease Complex 1 and 2

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAMEL; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KENYA; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; TORTICOLLIS; VETERINARY;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CAMELUS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; KENYA; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; TORTICOLLIS;

EID: 84974577738     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2016.05.008     Document Type: Article

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