Parasites of domestic and wild animals in South Africa. XXXIX. Helminth and arthropod parasites of Angora goats in the southern Karoo

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 27-35

  Horak, I G ^a   De Macivor, K M F ^b,c   Greeff, C J ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c Jansenville Experimental Farm ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d Jansenville Experimental Farm   (South Africa)

^e Agricultural Development Institute   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Angora goats; Biting and sucking lice; Cestodes; Ixodid ticks; Karoo; Nasal bot fly larvae; Nematodes

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FLY; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; INFESTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LOUSE; MALE; NEMATODE; PARASITOLOGY; PEDICULOSIS; SEASON; SOUTH AFRICA; STRONGYLOIDEA; TICK;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; DIPTERA; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FEMALE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; LICE; LICE INFESTATIONS; MALE; NEMATODA; SEASONS; SOUTH AFRICA; STRONGYLIDA; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICKS;

EID: 0035263773     PISSN: 00302465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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