Prevalence and ectoparasites fauna of sheep and goats flocks in Urmia suburb, Iran

Veterinarski Arhiv

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 431-442

  Yakhchali, Mohammad ^a   Hosseine, Ali ^a  

^a URMIA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Ectoparasites; Goat; Iran; Prevalence; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ANIMALIA; BOOPHILUS; BOOPHILUS ANNULATUS; CAPRA HIRCUS; CTENOCEPHALIDES; CTENOCEPHALIDES FELIS FELIS; HAEMATOPINUS; IXODIDA; LINOGNATHUS STENOPSIS; ORNITHODOROS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; PHTHIRAPTERA; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS BURSA; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 33751374476     PISSN: 03725480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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