Hydatidosis of slaughtered animals in Bahir Dar Abattoir, Northwestern Ethiopia

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 43-50

  Kebede, Nigatu ^a   Mitiku, Abebe ^b   Tilahun, Getachew ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b Amhara National Regional State Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Development   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Abattoir; Bahir Dar; Cattle; Fertility; Hydatidosis; Meat inspection; Sheep; Viability

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS; ETHIOPIA; FOOD CONTROL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEAT; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS; ETHIOPIA; FOOD INSPECTION; MEAT; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PREVALENCE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; BOS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 57349193530     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-008-9152-3     Document Type: Article

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