Coccidian oocyst and nematode egg counts of free-ranging African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) in the Kruger National Park, South Africa

Journal of the South African Veterinary Association

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 106-108

  Penzhorn, B L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

African buffalo; Coccidia; Kruger National Park; Nematodes; South Africa; Syncerus caffer

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BUBALUS; COCCIDIA; NEMATODA; SYNCERUS CAFFER;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BUFFALO; COCCIDIA; COCCIDIOSIS; FECES; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BUFFALOES; COCCIDIA; COCCIDIOSIS; FECES; NEMATODA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0034202155     PISSN: 10199128     EISSN: 22249435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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