Availability of Haemonchus contortus L3 larvae on pasture at Kiboko: A semi-arid warm agro-climatic zone in Kenya

Acta Tropica

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 183-189

  Wanyangu, S W ^a   Karimi, S ^a   Mugambi, J M ^a   Bain, R K ^a  

^a KENYA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Haemonchus contortus L3 larvae; Kenya; Pasture; Semi arid warm agro climatic zone

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; INFECTION CONTROL; KENYA; LARVA; NONHUMAN; SEASON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE; HAEMONCHUS; INTESTINES; KENYA; LARVA; SHEEP;

EID: 0030803597     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(97)00090-9     Document Type: Article

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