Prevalence of sarcocysts in livestock of northwest Ethiopia

Journal of Veterinary Medicine, Series B

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 55-58

  Woldemeskel, M ^a,b   Gebreab, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b Faculty of Veterinary Medicine   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; CAPRA; CAPRA HIRCUS; EQUUS ASINUS; GALLUS GALLUS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; SARCOCYSTIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BIRD DISEASE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CHICKEN; COCCIDIOSIS; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ETHIOPIA; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; HEART; HEART MUSCLE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SARCOCYSTIS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BIOPSY; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHICKENS; DATA COLLECTION; EQUIDAE; ETHIOPIA; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HEART; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MYOCARDIUM; POULTRY DISEASES; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTOSIS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 0030092885     PISSN: 09311793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0450.1996.tb00287.x     Document Type: Article

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