A survey of camel (Camelus dromedarius) diseases in Jordan

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 335-338

  Al Rawashdeh, Odeh F ^a   Al Ani, Falah K ^a   Sharrif, Labib A ^a   Al Qudah, Khaled M ^a   Al Hami, Yasin ^a   Frank, Nicholas ^b  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Camel; Camelus dromedarius; Diseases; Epidemiology; Jordan

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; CAMEL; CATTLE DISEASE; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; INCIDENCE; INFESTATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTESTINE INFECTION; JORDAN; MALE; MANNHEIMIA HAEMOLYTICA; MYIASIS; PREVALENCE; RABIES; STOMACH; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ANIMALS; CAMELS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODIES; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; INCIDENCE; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; JORDAN; MALE; MANNHEIMIA HAEMOLYTICA; MITE INFESTATIONS; MYIASIS; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; PASTEURELLOSIS, PNEUMONIC; PREVALENCE; RABIES; STOMACH; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

EID: 0034280129     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/1042-7260(2000)031[0335:ASOCCD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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