Seasonal prevalence of bovine trypanosomosis in a tsetse-infested zone and a tsetse-free zone of the Amhara Region, north-west Ethiopia

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 307-312

  Cherenet, T ^d   Sani, R A ^a   Panandam, J M ^a   Nadzr, S ^a   Speybroeck, N ^b   Van Den Bossche, P ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Biting flies; Bovine trypanosomosis; Epidemiology; Ethiopia; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHIOPIA; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZATION; TRYPANOSOMA VIVAX; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

EID: 13844262950     PISSN: 00302465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/ojvr.v71i4.250     Document Type: Article

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