Potential risk of regional disease spread in west Africa through cross-border cattle trade [PDF]
, 2013 Transboundary animal movements facilitate the spread of pathogens across large distances. Cross-border cattle trade is of economic and cultural importance in West Africa.
Bonfoh, Bassirou +5 more
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Mycoplasma bovis Infections—Occurrence, Diagnosis and Control
Pathogens, 2020 Mycoplasma bovis is a cause of bronchopneumonia, mastitis and arthritis but may also affect other main organs in cattle such us the eye, ear or brain. Despite its non-zoonotic character, M. bovis infections are responsible for substantial economic health
Katarzyna Dudek +3 more
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Retrospective study of poxviruses diagnosed in cattle from Goiás State, Brazil (2010-2018)
Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira, 2022 : A retrospective study of poxvirus infections diagnosed in cattle from Goiás state (GO), Brazil, from 2010 to 2018, was performed. All cases have been investigated by the GO Official Veterinary Service (Agrodefesa), from which technical forms and ...
Lorena F. Silva +6 more
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Cattle farmers' preferences for disease-free zones in Kenya: an application of the choice experiment method [PDF]
, 2011 Management of livestock diseases is important in ensuring food safety to consumers in both domestic and export markets. Various measures are prescribed under the Sanitary and Phytosanitary Standards (SPS) agreement of the World Trade Organization.
Hubbard, Lionel +2 more
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Opportunities and challenges for integrating dairy cattle into farms with certified organic pineapple production as perceived by smallholder farmers in Central Uganda [PDF]
, 2019 A study was conducted in 2013 to assess opportunities and challenges of integrating dairy cattle into organic pineapple production in Uganda. Thirty organic pineapple farmers were interviewed using a semistructured questionnaire.
Kabi, Fred +4 more
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Pathogens, 2020 Mycoplasma bovis (M. bovis) is an etiological agent of bronchopneumonia, mastitis, arthritis, otitis, keratoconjunctivitis, meningitis, endocarditis and other disorders in cattle [...]
Katarzyna Dudek, Ewelina Szacawa
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Wildlife-livestock interactions and risk areas for cross-species spread of bovine tuberculosis [PDF]
, 2017 The transmission of diseases between livestock and wildlife can be a hindrance to effective disease control. Maintenance hosts and contact rates should be explored to further understand the transmission dynamics at the wildlife-livestock interface ...
Kock, R A +3 more
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Representing the UK's cattle herd as static and dynamic networks [PDF]
, 2009 Network models are increasingly being used to understand the spread of diseases through sparsely connected populations, with particular interest in the impact of animal movements upon the dynamics of infectious diseases. Detailed data collected by the UK
Keeling, Matthew James +1 more
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Journal of Veterinary Research, 2019 Q fever (coxiellosis) is an infectious disease of animals and humans, caused by.C. burnetii and widely distributed throughout the world. It is known that people and animals acquire the disease predominantly.via inhalation of infectious aerosols.
Jodełko Agnieszka +3 more
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Effects of culling on badger abundance : implications for tuberculosis control [PDF]
, 2008 Culling is often considered as a tool for controlling wildlife diseases that can also infect people or livestock. Culling European badgers Meles meles can cause both positive and negative effects on the incidence of bovine tuberculosis (TB) in cattle ...
Ballantyne E.E. +12 more
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