Livestock movement informs the risk of disease spread in traditional production systems in East Africa
Abstract In Africa, livestock are important to local and national economies, but their productivity is constrained by infectious diseases. Comprehensive information on livestock movements and contacts is required to devise appropriate disease control strategies; yet, understanding contact risk in sy...
Main Authors: | Divine Ekwem, Thomas A. Morrison, Richard Reeve, Jessica Enright, Joram Buza, Gabriel Shirima, James K. Mwajombe, Tiziana Lembo, J. Grant C. Hopcraft |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2021-08-01
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Series: | Scientific Reports |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-95706-z |
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