Outbreak of sheep scab on two adjacent common alpine pastures in the canton of Schwyz (Switzerland);Ausbrüche von Schafräude auf zwei benachbarten Grossalpen im Kanton Schwyz

Schweizer Archiv fur Tierheilkunde

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 61-69

  Jacober, Ph ^a   Ochs, H ^a   Risi, J ^b   Deplazes, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Kantonstierarzt Kanton Schwyz   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Animal disease control; Epidemiology; Psoroptes ovis; Shared alpine pastures

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; INFECTION CONTROL; INFESTATION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PASTURE; PSOROPTIDAE; SEROLOGY; SHEEP DISEASE; SHEEP FARMING;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES; PSOROPTES; PSOROPTES OVIS; PSOROPTIDAE;

EID: 16544363995     PISSN: 00367281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0036-7281.146.2.61     Document Type: Article

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