Enhancing livestock vaccination decision-making through rapid diagnostic testing

Ashley F. Railey, Felix Lankester, Tiziana Lembo, Richard Reeve, Gabriel Shirima and Thomas Marsh

World Development Perspectives, 2019, vol. 16, issue C

Abstract: •Compared to vaccination, the collective approach to diagnostic testing presents a low-fixed cost.•Existing household livestock-health behaviors increase the likelihood for uptake of preventative health practices.•Initial evidence to support household investments in livestock preventative health over therapeutic treatments.

Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.wdp.2019.100144

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