The prevalence, intensity and viability of hydatid cysts in slaughtered animals in the Ardabil province of Northwest Iran

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 13-17

  Daryani, A ^a   Alaei, R ^b   Arab, R ^c   Sharif, M ^a   Dehghan, M H ^c   Ziaei, H ^a  

^a MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Department of Namin   (Iran)

^c ARDABIL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BUFFALO; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; FEMALE; GOAT; HYDATID CYST; IRAN; LUNG; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIABILITY; PREVALENCE; SHEEP; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; IRAN; RUMINANTS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BUBALUS; CAPRA HIRCUS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 34347323918     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022149X0720731X     Document Type: Article

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