Prevalence and intensity of Oestrus ovis in Akkaraman sheep in the Konya region of Turkey

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 347-349

  Uslu, U ^a   Dik, B ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Oestrus ovis; Prevalence; Sheep; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ENDOPARASITE; FLY; LARVA; PARASITE INFESTATION; PARASITE INTENSITY; PARASITE PREVALENCE; SHEEP;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLY; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; TIME; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ANIMALS; DIPTERA; FEMALE; MALE; PREVALENCE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TIME FACTORS; TURKEY;

EURASIA; KONYA [TURKEY]; TURKEY;

DIPTERA; OESTRIDAE; OESTRUS OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33845632031     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2006.00632.x     Document Type: Article

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