Trypanosome infection rate in cattle at Nguruman, Kenya

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 107-117

  Tarimo Nesbitt, R A ^b   Golder, T K ^a   Dransfield, R D ^a   Chaudhury, M F ^a   Brightwell, R ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^b HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle; Glossina; Kenya; Nagana; Trypanosoma spp.

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; KENYA; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE; TRYPANOSOMA VIVAX; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; TSETSE FLY;

ANIMALS; AZURE STAINS; CATTLE; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; INSECT VECTORS; KENYA; SEASONS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE; TRYPANOSOMA VIVAX; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, BOVINE; TSETSE FLIES;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; GLOSSINA (PROPER); PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE; TRYPANOSOMA THEILERI; TRYPANOSOMA VIVAX;

EID: 0033602175     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(98)00194-0     Document Type: Article

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