Study on small ruminant lungworms in northeastern Ethiopia

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 142, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 330-335

  Alemu, Sefinew ^a   Leykun, Esayas Gelaye ^b   Ayelet, Gelagay ^b   Zeleke, Aschalew ^b  

^a Ministry of Agriculture Ethiopia   (Ethiopia)

^b NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Dictyocaulus filaria; Ethiopia; Lungworms; Muellerius capillaris; Protostrongylus rufescens; Small ruminant

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BOVIDS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICTYOCAULUS FILARIA; ETHIOPIA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GOAT; HELMINTH; HELMINTHIASIS; INFECTION RATE; LUNGWORM INFECTION; MALE; MUELLERIUS CAPILLARIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PREVALENCE; SHEEP; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DICTYOCAULUS; DICTYOCAULUS INFECTIONS; ETHIOPIA; FECES; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; LUNG; MALE; METASTRONGYLOIDEA; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; DICTYOCAULUS FILARIA; METASTRONGYLOIDEA; MUELLERIUS CAPILLARIS; OVIS ARIES; PROTOSTRONGYLUS; VERMES;

EID: 33751217151     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.07.008     Document Type: Article

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