The epidemiology of nematode infections in sheep in a cool tropical environment

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 70, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 129-141

  Tembely, S ^a   Lahlou Kassi, A ^d   Rege, J E O ^a   Sovani, S ^b   Diedhiou, M L ^a   Baker, R L ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^b FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^c INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Ethiopia; Longistrongylus, haemonchus, trichostrongylus; Nematoda; Nematode levels; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICTYOCAULUS; ETHIOPIA; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NEMATODIASIS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHEEP; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS COLUBRIFORMIS; TROPICAL DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ETHIOPIA; LARVA; PARASITE EGG COUNT; POACEAE; RAIN; SEASONS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TRICHOSTRONGYLOIDEA; TRICHOSTRONGYLOIDIASIS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

ANIMALIA; DICTYOCAULUS; DICTYOCAULUS FILARIA; FILARIA; HAEMONCHUS; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; NEMATODA; OVIS ARIES; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS COLUBRIFORMIS;

EID: 0030805850     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(96)01144-2     Document Type: Article

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