A monitoring study on the prevalence of dermatophilosis and parafilariosis in cattle in a smallholder semi-arid farming area in Zimbabwe

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 207-215

  Chatikobo, P ^a   Kusina, N T ^b   Hamudikuwanda, H ^b   Nyoni, O ^b  

^a Ministry of Agriculture Zimbabwe   (Zimbabwe)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Cattle; Dermatophilosis; Parafilariosis; Skin diseases; Smallholder

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL SKIN DISEASE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFESTATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; SEASON; TICK; ZIMBABWE;

ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; IXODIDAE; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; TICK INFESTATIONS; ZIMBABWE;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA VARIEGATUM; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 1642308868     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:TROP.0000016833.27653.ba     Document Type: Article

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