The role of parasitic diseases as causes of mortality in small ruminants in a high-potential farming area in central Kenya

Journal of the South African Veterinary Association

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 147-149

  Kagira, J ^a   Kanyari, P W N ^a  

^a University of Nairobi Faculty of Veterinary Medicine   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Goats; Heartwater; Helminthosis; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BOVIDS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEARTWATER DISEASE; HELMINTH; HELMINTHIASIS; INSECT CONTROL; KENYA; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRODUCTIVITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE; CAPRA HIRCUS; INSECTA; OVIS ARIES; VERMES;

EID: 0035659908     PISSN: 10199128     EISSN: 22249435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/jsava.v72i3.638     Document Type: Article

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