Epidemiology of gastrointestinal nematodes of sheep managed under traditional husbandry system in Kashmir valley

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 158, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 138-143

  Tariq, K A ^a   Chishti, M Z ^a   Ahmad, F ^a   Shawl, A S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASHMIR   (India)

^b CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE   (India)

Author keywords

Age; Breed; Epidemiology; Nematodes; Prevalence; Season; Sex; Sheep

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BOVIDS; BREED; BUNOSTOMUM TRIGONOCEPHALUM; CHABERTIA OVINA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENOTYPE; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; INDIA; MALE; MARSHALLAGIA MARSHALLI; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; NEMATODIRUS SPATHIGER; NONHUMAN; OESOPHAGOSTOMUM COLUMBIANUM; OSTERTAGIA CIRCUMCINCTA; PARASITE; PREVALENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHEEP; SUMMER; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; TRICHURIS OVIS; WINTER;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; FECES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; INDIA; MALE; NEMATODA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; BUNOSTOMUM TRIGONOCEPHALUM; CHABERTIA OVINA; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; MARSHALLAGIA MARSHALLI; NEMATODA; NEMATODIRUS SPATHIGER; OESOPHAGOSTOMUM COLUMBIANUM; OVIS ARIES; TELADORSAGIA CIRCUMCINCTA; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; TRICHURIS OVIS;

EID: 53549116428     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.06.013     Document Type: Article

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