A Sampling of Factors Relative to the Epidemiology of Gastrointestinal Nematode Parasites of Cattle in the United States

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Food Animal Practice

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 501-527

  Yazwinski, Thomas A ^a   Tucker, Chris A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; INTESTINE INFECTION; LIFE CYCLE; NEMATODIASIS; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; NEMATODA;

EID: 33750970038     PISSN: 07490720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvfa.2006.07.005     Document Type: Review

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