A cross-sectional study of helminths in rural scavenging poultry in Tanzania in relation to season and climate

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 233-240

  Permin, A ^a   Magwisha, H ^b   Kassuku, A A ^b   Nansen, P ^a   Bisgaard, M ^a   Frandsen, F ^a   Gibbons, L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^c Intl Institute of Parasitology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCARIDOIDEA; CLIMATE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HELMINTH; HELMINTHIASIS; HYMENOLEPIS; INFUNDIBULUM; NONHUMAN; POULTRY; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRONGYLOIDES; TANZANIA; TRACHEA; TRICHUROIDEA; WORM INFECTION;

ACUARIA; ACUARIA HAMULOSA; ALLODAPA; ALLODAPA SUCTORIA; ANATIS; ASCARIDIA GALLI; ASCARIDOIDEA; AVES; CAPILLARIA; CAPILLARIA ANNULATA; CHOANOTAENIA; CHOANOTAENIA INFUNDIBULUM; DISPHARYNX; DISPHARYNX NASUTA; GALLI; GALLUS GALLUS; GONGYLONEMA; GONGYLONEMA INGLUVICOLA; HETERAKIS GALLINARUM; HETERAKIS ISOLONCHE; POLYMORPHUS; POLYMORPHUS MINUTUS; RAILLIETINA; RAILLIETINA ECHINOBOTHRIDA; RAILLIETINA TETRAGONA; STRONGYLOIDES; STRONGYLOIDES AVIUM; SUBULURA; SUBULURA STRONGYLINA; SUCTORIA; SYNGAMUS TRACHEA; TETRAGONA; TETRAMERES; TREMATODA; TRICHOCEPHALIDA; VERMES;

EID: 0030931049     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0022149x00015972     Document Type: Article

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