Data from the East Coast Fever Project covers sub-Saharan, East, and Central Africa. The study was conducted in Nairobi by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP/GRID) in collaboration with the International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases (ILRAD). The project data originates from 1989.
Use Cases
- Classify cattle_type to model potential disease migration patterns.
- Map areas at risk for East Coast Fever based on cattle and buffalo host data.
- Analyze the potential pool of infection from wildlife hosts like buffalo to domestic cattle.
Strengths
- Data covers a broad geographic region including sub-Saharan, East, and Central Africa.
- Produced through a collaboration between UNEP/GRID and a leading international livestock research institute.
Limitations
- Data is from 1989 and may not reflect current disease distributions or cattle populations.
- Specific sample sizes, row counts, and column details are unknown.
- Geographic coverage within the broad region may be uneven or incomplete.
Provenance
- Source
- United Nations Environment Program, Global Resource Information Database (UNEP/GRID) and International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases (ILRAD/ILRI).
- Collection Method
- Study conducted to determine areas at risk and potential migration of East Coast Fever.
- Time Range
- 1989
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Sub-Saharan, East, and Central Africa.