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The tropics cover nearly one–third of the world’s total land area, and in those areas live approximately one–third of the human population and approximately one–third of the world’s cattle population of one billion. Furthermore, three–quarters of all the cattle in the tropics live in 17 nations with India and Brazil each possessing approximately one–fifth of the total.
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McIntyre, W.I.M., Ristic, M. (1981). Problems of Disease Control in the Tropics. In: Ristic, M., McIntyre, I. (eds) Diseases of Cattle in the Tropics. Current Topics in Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, vol 6. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-6895-1_42
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