Epidemiology of Fasciola gigantica and amphistomes in cattle on traditional, small-scale dairy and large-scale dairy farms in the southern highlands of Tanzania

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 303-314

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

^a TANZANIA WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Fasciola; Management system; Paramphistomes; Trematodes

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; FASCIOLA; FASCIOLA GIGANTICA; PARALICHTHYS DENTATUS; TREMATODA; VERMES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAIRYING; FASCIOLA; FECES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SEASON; TANZANIA; TREMATODE; TREMATODIASIS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; FASCIOLA; FECES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PARAMPHISTOMATIDAE; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; TANZANIA; TREMATODE INFECTIONS;

EID: 22844447618     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-005-5688-7     Document Type: Article

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