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Oral vaccination of dogs against rabies

Recommendations for field application and integration into dog rabies control programmes












WOAH, FAO and WHO. (2023). Oral vaccination of dogs against rabies. Recommendations for field application and integration into dog rabies control programmes. Paris, 61 pp. https://doi. org/10.20506/woah.3398



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