Captive wild animals as potential reservoirs of haemo and ectoparasitic infections of man and domestic animals in the arid-region of Northeastern Nigeria

Veterinarski Arhiv

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 429-440

  Mbaya, Albert Wulari ^a   Aliyu, Murtala Mohammed ^a   Nwosu, Chukwunyere Okwudiri ^a   Ibrahim, Umar Isa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Captive wild animals; Ectoparasites; Haemo parasites; Reservoirs

Indexed keywords

ACINONYX JUBATUS; ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; ARTIODACTYLA; BABESIA; BABESIA CANIS; BABESIA FELIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA; HEXAPROTODON; IXODIDA; MYCOPLASMA; PRIMATES; THEILERIA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE; TRYPANOSOMA VIVAX;

EID: 56549090275     PISSN: 03725480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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