Serological survey of heartwater relative to the distribution of the vector Amblyomma variegatum and other tick species in north Cameroon

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 68, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 165-173

  Awa, D N ^a  

^a IRZV   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Amblyomma variegatum; epidemiology arthropoda; goats; heartwater; sheep arthropoda

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CONTROLLED STUDY; GOAT; HEARTWATER DISEASE; NONHUMAN; SHEEP; TICK; VECTOR CONTROL;

ANIMALS; CAMEROON; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HEARTWATER DISEASE; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICKS;

EID: 0030888738     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(96)01058-8     Document Type: Article

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