Occurrence and diversity of coccidia in indigenous, Saanen and crossbred goats in South Africa

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-9

  Harper, C K ^a   Penzhorn, B L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Eimeria spp.; Goat; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COCCIDIA; COCCIDIOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EIMERIA; GOAT; INFECTION RATE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SEASON; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; COCCIDIOSIS; EIMERIA; FECES; FEMALE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; SOUTH AFRICA;

CAPRA HIRCUS; COCCIDIA; EIMERIA; EIMERIA ARLOINGI; EIMERIA HIRCI;

EID: 0033027116     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(98)00266-0     Document Type: Article

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