Diseases of indigenous chickens in Bokaa village, Kgatleng district, Botswana

Journal of the South African Veterinary Association

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 131-133

  Mushi, E Z ^a   Binta, M G ^b   Chabo, R G ^a   Itebeng, K ^a  

^a BOTSWANA COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE   (Botswana)

^b National Veterinary Laboratory   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Botswana; Helminths; Indigenous chickens

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIDIA; AVIAN INFECTIOUS BRONCHITIS VIRUS; BIRD DISEASE; BODY WEIGHT; BOTSWANA; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HERD; INFECTIOUS BURSAL DISEASE VIRUS; MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM; MYCOPLASMA SYNOVIAE; NEWCASTLE DISEASE PARAMYXOVIRUS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POULTRY FARMING; SEROPREVALENCE;

ASCARIDIA GALLI; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; HETERAKIS GALLINARUM; SYNGAMUS TRACHEA; VERMES;

EID: 33750626066     PISSN: 10199128     EISSN: 22249435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/jsava.v77i3.360     Document Type: Article

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