Sense or nonsense? Traditional methods of animal parasitic disease control

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 71, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 177-194

  Schillhorn Van Veen, T W ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Husbandry; Pastoralism; Traditional medicine; Trypanosomosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; BREEDING; CONFERENCE PAPER; INFECTION RESISTANCE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CONTROL; SEMANTICS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; BREEDING; ECOLOGY; PARASITIC DISEASES; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; PARASITOLOGY; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0343488442     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(97)00031-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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