Epidemiology of parasitic gastrointestinal nematode infections of ruminants on smallholder farms in central Kenya

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 33-39

  Nginyi, J M ^a   Duncan, J L ^b   Mellor, D J ^b   Stear, M J ^b   Wanyangu, S W ^a   Bain, R K ^a   Gatongi, P M ^a  

^a KENYA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; CAPRA HIRCUS; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; NEMATODA; OVIS ARIES; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS;

RAIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; FECES; GASTROENTERITIS; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; HAEMONCHUS; INTESTINE INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KENYA; NEMATODIASIS; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; SEASON; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; TRICHOSTRONGYLOSIS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FECES; GASTROENTERITIS; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HAEMONCHIASIS; HAEMONCHUS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; KENYA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; RAIN; SEASONS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TRICHOSTRONGYLOSIS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS;

EID: 0035259327     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/rvsc.2000.0438     Document Type: Article

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