An epidemiological study of gastrointestinal parasitism in dairy sheep flocks in León (NW Spain)

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 25-30

  Martinez Gonzalez B ^a   Diez Banos N ^a   Rojo Vazquez F A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Faecal egg count; Gastrointestinal parasite; Sheep

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038342083     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0921-4488(97)00008-4     Document Type: Article

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