Host specificity of Haemonchus spp. for domestic ruminants in the savanna in northern Ivory Coast

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 151-158

  Achi, Y L ^a   Zinsstag, J ^b   Yao, K ^a   Yeo, N ^a   Dorchies, P ^c   Jacquiet, P ^c  

^a LANADA Laboratoire Central de Pathologie Animale   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Cattle nematoda; Goat nematoda; Haemonchus spp.; Host specificity; Sheep nematoda; West Africa

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BOVIDS; CADAVER; CATTLE; CONGENIC STRAIN; COTE D'IVOIRE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; HAEMONCHUS; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; HAEMONCHUS PLACEI; HAEMONCHUS SIMILIS; HOST; HOST RANGE; HYBRID; INTESTINE INFECTION; MALE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; SAVANNA; SHEEP; SWITZERLAND;

BOS INDICUS; BOS TAURUS; CAPRA HIRCUS; HAEMONCHUS; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; HAEMONCHUS PLACEI; HAEMONCHUS SIMILIS; NEMATODA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0142090670     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(03)00258-9     Document Type: Article

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