The incidence, calf morbidity and mortality due to Theileria parva infections in smallholder dairy farms in Murang'a District, Kenya

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 65-79

  Gitau, G K ^a,b   Perry, B D ^a   McDermott, J J ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Cattle Parasitological diseases; Cohort study; Kenya; Theileria parva

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; CATTLE; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; KENYA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THEILERIA PARVA;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; KENYA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MORBIDITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THEILERIA PARVA; THEILERIASIS;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; THEILERIA PARVA;

EID: 0033548518     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(98)00137-8     Document Type: Article

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