Prevalence of hydatidosis among donkeys in northern Jordan

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 88, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 35-42

  Mukbel, R M ^a   Torgerson, P R ^a   Abo Shehada, M N ^b  

^a Faculty of Veterinary Medicine   (Ireland)

^b JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Donkey; Echinoccocus granulosus; Epidemiology; Hydatidosis; Jordan

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; DONKEY; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; FEMALE; HOST RESISTANCE; HYDATID CYST; JORDAN; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; EQUIDAE; FEMALE; JORDAN; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SPLEEN;

ANIMALIA; EQUUS; EQUUS ASINUS;

EID: 0033985322     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(99)00197-1     Document Type: Article

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