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Risk factors associated with occurrence of African swine fever outbreaks in smallholder pig farms in four districts along the Uganda-Kenya border

Authors :
Emily A. Ouma
Edward Okoth
Jocelyn Davies
Anthony Mugisha
Richard P. Bishop
Michael Ocaido
Michel M. Dione
Noelina Nantima
Source :
Tropical Animal Health and Production. 47:589-595
Publication Year :
2015
Publisher :
Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2015.

Abstract

A cross-sectional survey was carried out to assess risk factors associated with occurrence of African swine fever (ASF) outbreaks in smallholder pig farms in four districts along Kenya-Uganda border. Information was collected by administering questionnaires to 642 randomly selected pig households in the study area. The study showed that the major risk factors that influenced ASF occurrence were purchase of pigs in the previous year (p

Details

ISSN :
15737438 and 00494747
Volume :
47
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Tropical Animal Health and Production
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....39c2bf691cb65c8e85b9513df752d868
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-015-0768-9