Livestock mobility and animal health policy in southern Africa: the impact of veterinary cordon fences on pastoralists

Pastoralism

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  McGahey, Daniel J ^a  

^a AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Botswana; cordon fences; livestock; mobility; pastoralism; veterinary

Indexed keywords

EID: 84975511045     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20417136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2041-7136-1-14     Document Type: Article

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