A survey of Taenia multiceps coenurosis in Sardinian sheep

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 143, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 294-298

  Scala, A ^a   Cancedda, G M ^b   Varcasia, A ^a   Ligios, C ^b   Garippa, G ^a   Genchi, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA SARDEGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coenurus cerebralis; Sardinia (Italy); Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DAMAGE; COENUROSIS; COENURUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; INCIDENCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PREVALENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHEEP; SYMPTOM; TAENIA MULTICEP;

ABATTOIRS; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; ITALY; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TAENIA;

OVIS ARIES; TAENIA MULTICEPS;

EID: 33846223316     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.08.020     Document Type: Article

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