A field trial of production and financial consequences of helminthosis control in sheep production in Ethiopia

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 84, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 152-160

  Tibbo, M ^a,b,c   Aragaw, K ^b   Philipsson, J ^c   Malmfors, B ^c   Nasholm A ^c   Ayalew, W ^a   Rege, J E O ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^b Debre Berhan Agricultural Research Center   (Ethiopia)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Breeding strategies; Economics; Genetic resistance; Helminthosis control; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; FENBENDAZOLE; TRICLABENDAZOLE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BUDGET; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMICS; ETHIOPIA; FECES; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; BENZIMIDAZOLES; BUDGETS; ETHIOPIA; FECES; FENBENDAZOLE; GENOTYPE; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

NEMATODA; OVIS ARIES; TREMATODA;

EID: 39249083345     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2007.12.011     Document Type: Article

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