Seasonal variations of gastrointestinal nematodes in sheep and goats from semi-arid area in Brazil

Revue de Medecine Veterinaire

Volumn 150, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 873-876

  Arosemena, N A E ^a   Bevilaqua, C M L ^a   Melo, A C F L ^a   Girao M D ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal nematodes; Goats; Northeastern Brazil; Seasonal variations; Semi arid; Sheep

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037666353     PISSN: 00351555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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