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What you need to know about epizootic ulcerative syndrome (EUS) - An extension brochure

Year of publication 2009

Pages 33

Author FAO;Fisheries and Aquaculture Management Division

Product type Document

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) This extension brochure – What you need to know about epizootic ulcerative syndrome (EUS) – provides simple facts or frequently asked questions about EUS. This brochure is intended to a wide range of audience from fish farmers and fishermen to extension officers as well as policy-makers as a public information campaign to make available factual information about the disease so that awareness may be raised for better understanding of its potential impact.This brochure, an outcome of FAO’s Techni cal Cooperation Project TCP/RAF/3111 Emergency Assistance to Combat Epizootic Ulcerative Syndrome in the Chobe/Zambezi River System, was prepared under the technical supervision of Dr Melba B. Reantaso and Dr Rohana P. Subasinghe of the Aquaculture Management and Conservation Service, Fisheries and Aquaculture Management Division, FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department.

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FAO. 2009. What you need to know about epizooticulcerative syndrome (EUS) – An extension brochure.Rome, FAO. 33p.

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