The control of parasitic nematodes in commercial piggeries in Kenya as reflected by a questionnaire survey on management practices

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 79-84

  Kagira, J M ^a   Kanyari, P W N ^a   Munyua, W K ^a   Waruiru, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Anthelmintics; Ascaris; Management; Oesophagostomum; Pigs; Trichuris

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; KENYA; METHODOLOGY; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; PARASITOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; KENYA; NEMATODA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; ASCARIS; NEMATODA; OESOPHAGOSTOMUM; SUS SCROFA; TRICHURIS;

EID: 0037329012     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022031806486     Document Type: Article

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