An outbreak of East Coast fever in a herd of Sanga cattle in Lutale, Central Province of Zambia

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 143-147

  Minjauw, B ^a   Otte, M J ^a   James, A D ^a   De Castro, J J ^b   Permin, A ^c   Di Giulo, G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d Terra Nuova East Africa   (Kenya)

Author keywords

East Coast fever; Theileria parva; Zambia

Indexed keywords

ACARI; BOS TAURUS; INSECTA; SANGA; THEILERIA PARVA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CATTLE; EPIDEMIC; INSECT CONTROL; MORTALITY; ZAMBIA;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CATTLE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; THEILERIASIS; TICK CONTROL; ZAMBIA;

EID: 0032060462     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(98)00054-3     Document Type: Article

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