Oestrus ovis larval myiasis among goats in northern Jordan

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 13-19

  Abo Shehada, Mahmoud N ^a   Batainah, Tharwat ^a   Abuharfeil, Nizar ^a   Torgerson, P R ^b  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Age influence; Goat; Insects; Jordan; Myiasis; Oestrus ovis; Parasitological diseases; Seasonal dynamics

Indexed keywords

CAPRA HIRCUS; HEXAPODA; OESTRUS OVIS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0038734069     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(03)00058-8     Document Type: Article

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