Development, survival and availability of gastrointestinal nematodes of sheep and pastures in a semi-arid area of Kajiado District of Kenya

Veterinary Research Communications

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 491-501

  Ng'ang'a, C J ^a   Maingi, N ^a   Kanyari, P W N ^a   Munyua, W K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Infective larvae; Kenya; Pastures; Seasons; Semi arid area; Sheep; Trichostrongylid nematodes

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERIA; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GRAZING; HAEMONCHUS; HUMIDITY; KENYA; LARVAL STAGE; MOISTURE; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PASTURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMIARID CLIMATE; SHEEP DISEASE; STRONGYLOIDEA; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; WORM EGG;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; KENYA; LARVA; NEMATODA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; RAIN; SEASONS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TIME FACTORS;

NEMATODA; OVIS ARIES; VERMES;

EID: 4444225734     PISSN: 01657380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:VERC.0000040246.22919.cd     Document Type: Article

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