Helminthosis in local and cross-bred pigs in the Morogoro region of Tanzania

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 41-46

  Esrony, K ^a   Kambarage, D M ^a   Mtambo, M M A ^a   Muhairwa, A P ^a   Kusiluka, L J M ^a  

^a SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Burden; Helminthosis; Pigs; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ASCARIS SUUM; OESOPHAGOSTOMUM; STRONGYLOIDEA; STRONGYLOIDES; SUS SCROFA; TRICHURIS; TRICHURIS SUIS; VERMES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FECES; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; TANZANIA;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE; FECES; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; PREVALENCE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TANZANIA;

EID: 0031231223     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(97)00011-1     Document Type: Article

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