Parasites of domestic and wild animals in South Africa. XLV. Helminths of dairy calves on dry-land Kikuyu grass pastures in the Eastern Cape Province

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 291-306

  Horak, I G ^a   Evans, Ursula ^b   Purnell, R E ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^b Pfizer Central Research ^*  (South Africa)

^c PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

^d Cherry Trees   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cooperia spp.; Eastern Cape Province; Haemonchus placei; Kikuyu grass pastures; Nematodirus helvetianus; Oesophagostomum spp.; Ostertagia ostertagi; Seasonality; Tracer calves; Trichostrongylus axei

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERIA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; HELMINTHIASIS; LARVA; NONHUMAN; PASTEURIZATION; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; WILDLIFE;

EID: 13844269363     PISSN: 00302465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/ojvr.v71i4.249     Document Type: Article

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