Exploring pig raising in Bangladesh: implications for public health interventions

Exploring pig raising in Bangladesh: implications for public health interventions

Pigs are intermediate hosts and potential reservoirs of a number of pathogens that can infect humans. The objectives of this manuscript are to understand pig raising patterns in Bangladesh, interactions between pigs and humans, social stigma and discrimination that pig raisers experience and to expl...

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Main Authors: Stephen P. Luby, Rebeca Sultana, M. Jahangir Hossain, M. Salah Uddin Khan, Emily S. Gurley, Rouha Anamika Sarkar, Nazmun Nahar, Main Uddin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise G. Caporale 2013-03-01
Series:Veterinaria Italiana
Subjects:
Bangladesh
Discrimination
Pig-human interactions
Pig raisers
Public health
Social stigma
Zoonoses
Online Access:http://www.izs.it/vet_italiana/2013/49_1/7.pdf

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