Development and survival of infective larvae of nematode parasites of sheep on pasture in a cool tropical environment

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 81-87

  Tembely, S ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Cool tropics; Ecology; Haemonchus; Longistrongylus; Sheep nematoda; Trichostrongylus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ETHIOPIA; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; SEASON; SHEEP; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; TROPICS; WORM EGG;

ANIMALS; ETHIOPIA; HAEMONCHUS; LARVA; POACEAE; RAIN; SEASONS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TEMPERATURE; TRICHOSTRONGYLOIDEA; TRICHOSTRONGYLOIDIASIS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

HAEMONCHUS; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; NEMATODA; OVIS ARIES; TRICHOSTRONGYLIDAE; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS COLUBRIFORMIS;

EID: 0031663121     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(98)00108-3     Document Type: Article

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