Oocyst counts in crossbred ewes under tree-crop plantation in the forest zone of Ghana

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 279-285

  Nuvor, S V ^a   Agyei, A D ^b   Assoku, R K G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b Animal Research Institute Ghana   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EIMERIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; COCCIDIOSIS; EIMERIA; FECES; FEMALE; GHANA; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; SEASON; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; TREE;

ANIMALS; COCCIDIOSIS; EIMERIA; FECES; FEMALE; GHANA; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TREES;

EID: 0032176349     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005030601728     Document Type: Article

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