African swine fever

EFSA Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

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Author keywords

African swine fever; epidemiology; management strategies; wild boar

Indexed keywords

EID: 85078382052     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18314732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2903/j.efsa.2015.4163     Document Type: Article

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