Studies on host resistance to tick infestations among trypanotolerant Bos indicus cattle breeds in East Africa

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 849, Issue , 1998, Pages 195-208

  Mwangi, E K ^a   Stevenson, P ^a   Ndung'u, J M ^a   Stear, M J ^b   Reid, S W J ^b   Gettinby, G ^c   Murray, M ^b  

^a Kenya Trypanosomiasis Research Institute KETRI   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CATTLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HOST RESISTANCE; INFESTATION; NONHUMAN; TICK; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; BOOPHILUS DECOLORATUS; BOS INDICUS; BOS TAURUS; FRIESIA; RHIPICEPHALUS APPENDICULATUS;

EID: 0031825647     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb11049.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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