A Smartphone-Based Application Improves the Accuracy, Completeness, and Timeliness of Cattle Disease Reporting and Surveillance in Ethiopia

Accurate disease reporting, ideally in near real time, is a prerequisite to detecting disease outbreaks and implementing appropriate measures for their control. This study compared the performance of the traditional paper-based approach to animal disease reporting in Ethiopia to one using an applica...

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Main Authors: Tariku Jibat Beyene, Fentahun Asfaw, Yitbarek Getachew, Takele Beyene Tufa, Iain Collins, Ashenafi Feyisa Beyi, Crawford W. Revie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Veterinary Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fvets.2018.00002/full