Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia vaccine delivery and adoption by women and men in North-Eastern Kenya

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Waithanji, E., Mtimet, N. and Muindi, P. 2019. Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia vaccine delivery and adoption by women and men in North-Eastern Kenya. European Journal of Development Research 31(3): 364–387.

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