Identification of circumstances in which heartwater has a major economic impact for the livestock industry in Southern Africa
Heartwater, transmitted by Amblyomma spp., is considered one of the most important tick-borne diseases of cattle, goats and sheep in southern Africa, causing considerable losses through mortality and control costs. In support of a project developing a new inactivated vaccine, we have undertaken, an...
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| Format: | Conference Paper |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Slovak Academy of Sciences
2000
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/50646 |
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