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The Urban Zoo Newsletter on epidemiology, ecology and socio-economics of disease emergence in Nairobi: Issue 2

Published

2014

Status

Open Access

Language

en

Countries

  • Kenya
Newsletter
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/35159

Citation

Urban Zoo Project. 2014. The Urban Zoo Newsletter on epidemiology, ecology and socio-economics of disease emergence in Nairobi: Issue 2. Nairobi, Kenya: ILRI.

Tags

  • dairying
  • disease control
  • emerging diseases
  • epidemiology
  • livestock
  • nutrition
  • zoonotic diseases
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  • Urban Zoo Project

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