Effects of immunisation against Theileria parva on beef cattle productivity and economics of control options

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 99-111

  Pegram, R G ^a   James, A D ^b   Bamhare, C ^a   Dolan, T T ^c   Hove, T ^a   Kanhai, G K ^a   Latif, A A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b Pan Livestock Services Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases Kenya   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; INFESTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PARASITE VECTOR; PEST CONTROL; THEILERIA PARVA; WEIGHT GAIN; ZIMBABWE;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; PEST CONTROL; THEILERIA PARVA; THEILERIASIS; TICK INFESTATIONS; WEIGHT GAIN; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0030076193     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02250733     Document Type: Article

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