Assessment of anthelmintic resistance in nematode parasites of sheep and goats owned by smallholder farmers in eastern Ethiopia

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 215-222

  Sissay, M M ^a,b   Asefa, A ^b   Uggla, A ^a   Waller, P J ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Anthelmintic resistance; Goats; Nematode parasites; Sheep; Smallholders

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ETHIOPIA; FECES; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ETHIOPIA; FECES; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; NEMATODA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33744962133     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-006-4346-z     Document Type: Article

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