When talking about the biological concept ofendemism, it could beendemic plants,endemic animals,endemic fungal species,or evenendemic diseasesthat we are talking about. Usage of this term is very common in three Biology subjects —Epidemiology, Ecology, andEvolution. InEpidemiology, it stands for th...
surveillance and control of cross-species disease, education, and research into disease pathogenesis, diagnosis, therapy and vaccination. The concept encompasses the human population, domestic animals and wildlife, and the impact that environmental changes ...
Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is a one of the most important livestock diseases globally. It is a highly contagious viral disease affecting all cloven hoofed animals, causing direct production losses in adult animals and mortality in young animals, as well as economic losses through trade interrupt...
Animal traction refers to the use of domestic and partly domesticated animals for the purposes of tillage and transport [1]. The terms animal traction and draft animal power are used interchangeably. Worldwide, animal traction is an important reason for keeping livestock, particularly in poor rural...
[28] who reported plants leaves and bark as predominantly used for tick control in West Ethiopia. The prominent application of leaves might be owing to the ready availability of their active constituents that are more likely volatile compounds. Indeed, plants that are commonly used for repellent ...
Therefore, the latter two mineral contents characterizing laterite were included in the exploratory analysis. 2.3.5. Distance from Households to the National Reserve or the Elephant Sanctuary As wild animals in the Shimba Hills National Reserve and the Mwaluganje Elephant Sanctuary might have played ...
As wild animals in the Shimba Hills National Reserve and the Mwaluganje Elephant Sanctuary might have played a potential role in transmitting tungiasis around the buffer zone, Euclidean distance from households to the nearest reserve was calculated in QGIS 3.14. ...