Natural infection rates and transmission of Theileria annulata by Hyalomma anatolicum anatolicum ticks in the Sudan

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 303-307

  Salih, D A ^a   Sharieff, O E ^a   Lazarus, A G ^b   Hassan, S M ^c   El Hussein, A M ^a  

^a Central Veterinary Research Laboratory Sudan   (Sudan)

^b Wildlife Conservation Police   (Sudan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Hyalomma anatolicum; Infection rates; Sudan; Theileria annulata; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; HYALOMMA ANATOLICUM; HYALOMMA ANATOLICUM ANATOLICUM; THEILERIA; THEILERIA ANNULATA;

EID: 33645006998     PISSN: 00302465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/ojvr.v72i4.179     Document Type: Article

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