Worm control practices on sheep farms in Nyandarua District of Kenya

Acta Tropica

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-9

  Maingi, N ^a   Bjorn H ^b   Thamsborg, S M ^b   Munyua, W K ^a   Gathumat, J M ^a   Dangolla, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Anthelmintic resistance; Helminth control practices; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; FASCIOLICIDE; LEVAMISOLE; OXYCLOZANIDE;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RESISTANCE; HELMINTH; HELMINTHIASIS; INFECTION CONTROL; KENYA; NONHUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; KENYA; MALE; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

HELMINTH INFECTION; PARASITE CONTROL; SHEEP FARMING;

KENYA, CENTRAL PROVINCE, NYANDARUA DISTRICT;

EID: 0030609758     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(97)00067-3     Document Type: Article

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