Mortality percentages related to heartwater and the economic impact of heartwater disease on large-scale commercial farms in Zimbabwe
A postal questionnaire asking for data concerning heartwater deaths was sent to all large-scale commercial farmers in Zimbabwe's lowveld, where heartwater is endemic. One hundred and fifty returns (24 percent return rate) provided usable data, with 85 farms (57 percent of sample) reporting heartwate...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Elsevier
1996
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/29526 |
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