An update of the bovine trypanosomosis situation at the edge of Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park, KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 77-79

  Van Den Bossche, P ^a,b   Esterhuizen, J ^b,c   Nkuna, R ^b   Matjila, T ^b   Penzhorn, B ^b   Geerts, S ^a   Marcotty, T ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bovine trypanosomiasis; KwaZulu Natal; Trypanosoma congolense

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE;

EID: 33646465749     PISSN: 00302465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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