Prevalence of sucking and chewing lice on cattle entering feedlots in southern Alberta

Canadian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 281-285

  Colwell, Douglas D ^a   Clymer, Bill ^b   Booker, Calvin W ^c   Guichon, P Timothy ^c   Jim, G Kee ^c   Schunicht, Oliver C ^c   Wildman, Brian K ^c  

^a LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b ZOETIS   (United States)

^c Feedlot Health Management Services Alberta   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANOPLURA; ARTICLE; CANADA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; MALLOPHAGA; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PEDICULOSIS; PREVALENCE; STANDARD;

ALBERTA; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANOPLURA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; HOUSING, ANIMAL; LICE INFESTATIONS; MALLOPHAGA; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0035317072     PISSN: 00085286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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