Prevalence and seasonal incidence of larval and adult cestode infections of sheep and goats in eastern Ethiopia

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 387-394

  Sissay, Menkir M ^a,b   Uggla, Arvid ^a   Waller, Peter J ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Avitellina centripunctata; Cestodes; Cysticercosis; Cysticercus ovis; Cysticercus tenuicollis; Echinococcosis; Echinococcus granulosus; Hydatid cysts; Metacestodes; Moniezia expansa; Sheep; Stilesia globipunctata; Stilesia hepatica; Taenia hydatigena; Taenia ovis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CESTODE; CESTODIASIS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SEASON; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE;

ANIMALS; CESTODA; CESTODE INFECTIONS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CAPRA HIRCUS; CESTODA; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; HEPATICA; MONIEZIA EXPANSA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; TAENIA HYDATIGENA; TAENIA OVIS;

EID: 46249125661     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-007-9096-z     Document Type: Article

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