Prevalence and seasonal changes in the population of gastrointestinal nematodes of small ruminants in the semi-arid zone of north-eastern Nigeria

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 144, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 118-124

  Nwosu, C O ^a   Madu, P P ^a   Richards, W S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Nematodes; Nigeria; Prevalence; Semi arid; Small ruminants

Indexed keywords

RAIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BOVIDS; BUNOSTOMUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERIA; CULTURE MEDIUM; EGG; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GOAT; HAEMONCHUS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NEMATODE; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PREVALENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMIARID CLIMATE; SEX RATIO; SHEEP; STRONGYLOIDEA; STRONGYLOIDES; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; TRICHURIS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; FECES; FEMALE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; NIGERIA; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREVALENCE; RAIN; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; BUNOSTOMUM; CAPRA HIRCUS; COOPERIA; HAEMONCHUS; NEMATODA; OESOPHAGOSTOMUM; OVIS ARIES; STRONGYLOIDES; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; TRICHURIS;

EID: 33846630456     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.09.004     Document Type: Article

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