Current status of tsetse fly and animal trypanosomosis on the Jos Plateau, Nigeria

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 107-113

  Kalu, Arunsi Ukairo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Glossina; Jos Plateau; Trypanosoma vivax; Trypanosomosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS INDICUS; BOS TAURUS; GLOSSINA (PROPER); TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA VIVAX;

EID: 30244467988     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-5877(96)01014-8     Document Type: Article

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