Study of gastro-intestinal helminths of scavenging chickens in four rural districts of Amhara region, Ethiopia

OIE Revue Scientifique et Technique

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 791-796

  Eshetu, Y ^a   Mulualem, E ^b   Ibrahim, H ^b   Berhanu, A ^b   Aberra, K ^b  

^a ETHIOPIAN PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^b National Animal Health Research Center Ethiopia   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Cestodes; Chickens; Distribution; Ethiopia; Gastro intestinal nematodes; Parasites; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ASCARIDIA; ASCARIDIA GALLI; CESTODA; CHOANOTAENIA; CHOANOTAENIA INFUNDIBULUM; GALLI; GALLUS GALLUS; HETERAKIS GALLINARUM; NEMATODA; RAILLIETINA; RAILLIETINA ECHINOBOTHRIDA; RAILLIETINA TETRAGONA; SUBULURA; TETRAGONA; VERMES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH; INTESTINE INFECTION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE;

ANIMAL; CHICKENS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; POULTRY DISEASES; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0040927644     PISSN: 02531933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20506/rst.20.3.1310     Document Type: Article

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