Animal health perceptions and challenges among smallholder farmers around Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India: A study using participatory epidemiological techniques

Andy Hopker; Naveen Pandey; Sophie Hopker; Dibyajyoti Saikia; Jadumoni Goswami; Rebecca Marsland; Michael Thrusfield; Roopam Saikia; Sumanta Kundu; Neil Sargison

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0237902

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Animal health perceptions and challenges among smallholder farmers around Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India: A study using participatory epidemiological techniques

Andy Hopker ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: ahopker@exseed.ed.ac.uk

Affiliation Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, Easter Bush Veterinary Centre, University of Edinburgh, Roslin, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5479-5430

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Naveen Pandey,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation The Corbett Foundation, Village Bochagaon, Kaziranga, District Golaghat, Assam, India
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Sophie Hopker,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, Easter Bush Veterinary Centre, University of Edinburgh, Roslin, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Dibyajyoti Saikia,

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation The Corbett Foundation, Village Bochagaon, Kaziranga, District Golaghat, Assam, India
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Jadumoni Goswami,

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation The Corbett Foundation, Village Bochagaon, Kaziranga, District Golaghat, Assam, India
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Rebecca Marsland,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Michael Thrusfield,

Roles Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, Easter Bush Veterinary Centre, University of Edinburgh, Roslin, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Roopam Saikia,

Roles Investigation, Resources

Affiliation The Corbett Foundation, Village Bochagaon, Kaziranga, District Golaghat, Assam, India
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Sumanta Kundu,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation The Corbett Foundation, Village Bochagaon, Kaziranga, District Golaghat, Assam, India
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Neil Sargison

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, Easter Bush Veterinary Centre, University of Edinburgh, Roslin, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Animal health perceptions and challenges among smallholder farmers around Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India: A study using participatory epidemiological techniques

Andy Hopker,
Naveen Pandey,
Sophie Hopker,
Dibyajyoti Saikia,
Jadumoni Goswami,
Rebecca Marsland,
Michael Thrusfield,
Roopam Saikia,
Sumanta Kundu,
Neil Sargison

Published: September 24, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0237902

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