Effect of strategic gastrointestinal nematode control on growth of N'Dama cattle in Gambia

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 68, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 143-153

  Zinsstag, J ^a,f   Ankers, Ph ^a   Dempfle, L ^a   Njie, M ^a   Kaufmann, J ^b   Itty, P ^c   Pfister, K ^d   Pandey, V S ^e  

^a International Trypanotolerance Centre Gambia   (Gambia)

^b SWISS FEDERAL VETERINARY OFFICE   (Switzerland)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^e INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^f Centre Suisse de Recherche Scientifique   (Côte d’Ivoire)

Author keywords

fenbendazole; Gambia; gastrointestinal nematodes; liveweight; N'Dama cattle; strategic control; Sudano guinean savannah; West Africa

Indexed keywords

FENBENDAZOLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAMBIA; GROWTH; INFECTION CONTROL; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FEMALE; FENBENDAZOLE; GAMBIA; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; MALE; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; SEASONS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0030932615     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(96)01024-2     Document Type: Article

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