The importance of cattle as a food source for Glossina morsitans morsitans in Katete district, Eastern Province, Zambia

Acta Tropica

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 105-109

  Van Den Bossche, P ^a   Staak, C ^b  

^a Regl Tsetse Trypanosomosis C   (Zimbabwe)

^b Federal Institute for Health Protection of Consumers and Veterinary Medicine   (Germany)

Author keywords

feeding habits; Gossina morsitans morsitans; host; Zambia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GLOSSINA; GLOSSINA MORSITANS; INFECTION CONTROL; NONHUMAN; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; VECTOR CONTROL; ZAMBIA;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DOGS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GOATS; INSECT VECTORS; SWINE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, BOVINE; TSETSE FLIES; ZAMBIA;

EID: 0030906409     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(97)00658-X     Document Type: Article

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