The current epidemiological status of bovine theileriosis in eastern Zambia

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 1999, Pages

  Billiouw, Michel ^a,c   Mataa, Liywalii ^a   Marcotty, Tanguy ^a   Chaka, George ^a   Brandt, Jef ^b   Berkvens, Dirk ^b  

^a Provincial Veterinary Office   (Zambia)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c Provincial Veterinary Office   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Theileriosis; Zambia

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LIVESTOCK; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY;

ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; CATTLE DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; INFECTION CONTROL; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; THEILERIA PARVA; TICK; ZAMBIA;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; SEASONS; THEILERIASIS; ZAMBIA;

ZAMBIA;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; BOS INDICUS; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; RHIPICEPHALUS APPENDICULATUS; THEILERIA PARVA;

EID: 0032885613     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1999.00448.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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