An update on the epidemiology of African swine fever in AfricaPublished2020StatusOpen AccessLanguageenILRI ProgramsAnimal and human healthPresentationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/109216CitationDione, M. 2020. An update on the epidemiology of African swine fever in Africa. Presented at the Global Alliance for Research on African swine fever (GARA) Webinar, Dakar, Senegal, 24 August 2020. Nairobi, Kenya: ILRI.Tagsanimal diseasesanimal healthAfrican swine feverepidemiologylivestockpigs
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