Epidemiology of gastrointestinal nematodes in cattle on traditional, small-scale dairy and large-scale dairy farms in Iringa district, Tanzania

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 127, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 285-294

  Keyyu, J D ^a,b   Kyvsgaard, N C ^c   Monrad, J ^c   Kassuku, A A ^b  

^a TANZANIA WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^b SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Helminths; Management system; Nematodes; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERIA; DAIRYING; FECES ANALYSIS; HAEMONCHUS; HAEMONCHUS PLACEI; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; OESOPHAGOSTOMUM RADIATUM; PREVALENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRONGYLOIDEA; TANZANIA; WEANING;

EID: 13844292714     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2004.10.014     Document Type: Article

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