Seasonal fluctuation of ixodid ticks on a herd of indigenous goats at Oodi, Kgatleng district, Botswana

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-30

  Mushi, E Z ^a   Isa, J F W ^a   Proctor, J ^a   Machete, J B ^a   Kapaata, R W ^a  

^a BOTSWANA COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE   (Botswana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BOTSWANA; FEMALE; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; INCIDENCE; INFESTATION; IXODES; MALE; SEASON;

ANIMALS; BOTSWANA; FEMALE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; INCIDENCE; IXODES; MALE; SEASONS; TICK INFESTATIONS;

EID: 0031064343     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02632343     Document Type: Article

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