Prevalence and burden of gastrointestinal helminthes among local chickens, in northern Jordan

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 85, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 17-22

  Abdelqader, A ^a   Gauly, M ^a   Wollny, C B A ^a   Abo Shehada, M N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Cestode; Helminthes; Local chickens; Nematode; Prevalence; Worm burden

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; INTESTINE INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JORDAN; MALE; NEMATODE; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX RATIO; TRACHEA;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; JORDAN; MALE; NEMATODA; POULTRY DISEASES; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TRACHEA;

ASCARIDIA; ASCARIDIA GALLI; AVES; CAPILLARIA; CAPILLARIA OBSIGNATA; CESTODA; CHOANOTAENIA INFUNDIBULUM; GALLUS GALLUS; HETERAKIS GALLINARUM; HYMENOLEPIS (CESTODA); RAILLIETINA; RAILLIETINA ECHINOBOTHRIDA; RAILLIETINA TETRAGONA; TREMATODA; VERMES;

EID: 42149189370     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2008.01.009     Document Type: Article

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