Multifactorial mortality in bongos and other wild ungulates in the north of the Congo Republic

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 263-269

  Huchzermeyer, F W ^c   Penrith, M L ^a   Elkan, P W ^b  

^a ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^c NONE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bongo; Chrysops sp.; Elaeophora sagitta; Fainia elongata; Forest buffalo; Glossina brevipalpis; Sheep; Stomoxys omega; Syncerus caffer nanus; Tragelaphus eurycerus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTELOPE; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; BUFFALO; CATTLE DISEASE; CONGO; FEMALE; INFESTATION; MALE; MORTALITY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTELOPES; ARTIODACTYLA; BUFFALOES; CONGO; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FEMALE; MALE; RINDERPEST; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 0035749492     PISSN: 00302465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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