The topology of between-herd cattle contacts in a mixed farming production system in western Kenya

Highlights • Degree of farm contact and the distances between farms were negatively correlated.• Disease control and surveillance to consider between farms contacts in the villages.• Heterogeneities in between farm contact may limit infectious disease spread.

• Publication year

  2018

• Venue

  Preventive Veterinary Medicine

• Publication date

  2018-10-01

• Fields of study

  Agricultural and Food Sciences, Geography, Medicine, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2018.06.010PMID 30220395PMCID 6152584
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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