Epidemiology and seasonal dynamics of gastrointestinal nematode infections of sheep in a semi-arid region of eastern Ethiopia

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 143, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 311-321

  Sissay, Menkir M ^a,b   Uggla, Arvid ^a   Waller, Peter J ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Africa; Epidemiology; Ethiopia; Nematode; Parasite; Semi arid; Sheep

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ETHIOPIA; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; HERD; LAMB; LARVA; MALE; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PASTURE; SEMIARID CLIMATE; SHEEP; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HAEMONCHIASIS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; POACEAE; RAIN; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEASONS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TRICHOSTRONGYLOSIS;

ANIMALIA; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; OVIS ARIES; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS;

EID: 33846330187     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.08.026     Document Type: Article

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