Seasonal prevalence of ticks and tick-transmitted haemoparasites in traditionally managed N'Dama cattle with reference to strategic tick control in the Gambia

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 342-348

  Mattioli, R C ^a   Janneh, L ^a   Corr, N ^a   Faye, J A ^a   Pandey, V S ^b   Verhulst, A ^b  

^a International Trypanotolerance Centre Gambia   (Gambia)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Haemoparasites; N'Dama cattle; The Gambia; Tick control; Tick prevalence

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; CATTLE PRODUCTION; HAEMOPARASITES; LIVESTOCK DISEASE CONTROL; SEASONAL PREVALENCE; TICK; TICK CONTROL;

GAMBIA;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA VARIEGATUM; ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; BABESIA; BOOPHILUS BIGEMINA; BOOPHILUS BOVIS; BOOPHILUS DECOLORATUS; BOOPHILUS GEIGY; BOS TAURUS; HYALOMMA MARGINATUM RUFIPES; HYALOMMA TRUNCATUM; RHIPICEPHALUS SENEGALENSIS;

EID: 0031254970     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.1997.tb00420.x     Document Type: Article

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