Climate change and infectious livestock diseases: The case of Rift Valley fever and tick-borne diseasesPublished2018StatusOpen AccessLanguageenILRI ProgramsAnimal and human healthPosterhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/98545CitationBett, B., Lindahl, J. and Grace, D. 2018. Climate change and infectious livestock diseases: The case of Rift Valley fever and tick-borne diseases. Infographic. Nairobi, Kenya: ICRAF, CIAT, CCAFS and ILRI.Tagsanimal diseasesclimate changelivestockRVFzoonotic diseases
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