Prevalence of gastro-intestinal helminths in free-range ducks in Morogoro Municipality, Tanzania

Livestock Research for Rural Development

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Muhairwa, A P ^a   Msoffe, P L ^a   Ramadhani, S ^a   Mollel, E L ^a   Mtambo, M M A ^a   Kassuku, A A ^a  

^a SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Ducks; Free range; Gastrointestinal helminthiasis; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ANAS; ASCARIDIA; ASCARIDIA DISSIMILIS; ASCARIDIA GALLI; AVES; CAPILLARIA; CAPILLARIA ANATIS; CAPILLARIA ANNULATA; CESTODA; COLUMBA; HETERAKIS; HETERAKIS DISPAR; HETERAKIS GALLINARUM; NEMATODA; RAILLIETINA; RAILLIETINA TETRAGONA; SUBULURA; TREMATODA; VERMES;

EID: 34047158709     PISSN: None     EISSN: 01213784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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