Parasitic helminths of veterinary importance in cattle, sheep and goats on communal farms in the northeastern Free State, South Africa

Journal of the South African Veterinary Association

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 45-48

  Tsotetsi, A M ^a   Mbati, P A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Faecal egg counts; Helminths; Livestock

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BREEDING LINE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES CULTURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOAT; HAEMONCHUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HELMINTH; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECORDING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHEEP; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH AFRICA; STRONGYLOIDEA; VETERINARY MEDICINE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CATTLE DISEASE; ECONOMICS; FECES; FEMALE; GOAT DISEASE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; SEASON; SHEEP DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; CAPRA HIRCUS; HAEMONCHUS; OESOPHAGOSTOMUM; OVIS ARIES; STRONGYLOIDEA; VERMES;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FECES; FEMALE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEASONS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0142183192     PISSN: 10199128     EISSN: 22249435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/jsava.v74i2.503     Document Type: Article

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