Prevalence and distribution of gastro-intestinal helminths and haemoparasites in young scavenging chickens in upper eastern region of Ghana, West Africa

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 237-245

  Poulsen, Johanne ^a,b   Permin, Anders ^b   Hindsbo, Ole ^a   Yelifari, Lawrence ^c   Nansen, Peter ^b   Bloch, Paul ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Med Fld U (Disease Control Unit)   (Ghana)

^d DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chicken parasitological disease; Gastro intestinal helminths; Ghana; Haemoparasites; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GHANA; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GHANA; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; MALE; POULTRY DISEASES; PREVALENCE;

ACUARIA; ACUARIA HAMULOSA; AEGYPTINELLA; AEGYPTINELLA PULLORUM; ALLODAPA; ALLODAPA SUCTORIA; ANIMALIA; ASCARIDIA GALLI; AVES; CAPILLARIA; CHOANOTAENIA; CHOANOTAENIA INFUNDIBULUM; GALLI; GALLUS GALLUS; GONGYLONEMA; GONGYLONEMA INGLUVICOLA; HETERAKIS GALLINARUM; HETERAKIS ISOLONCHE; PLASMODIUM JUXTANUCLEARE; RAILLIETINA; RAILLIETINA CESTICILIUS; RAILLIETINA ECHINOBOTHRIDA; RAILLIETINA TETRAGONA; STRONGYLOIDES; STRONGYLOIDES AVIUM; SUBULURA; SUBULURA STRONGYLINA; SUCTORIA; TETRAGONA; TETRAMERES; TETRAMERES FISSISPINA; TREMATODA; TRICHOSTRONYGYLUS; TRICHOSTRONYGYLUS TENUIS; VERMES;

EID: 0034640759     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(00)00125-2     Document Type: Article

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