Current status of bovine cysticercosis of slaughtered cattle in Addis Ababa Abattoir, Ethiopia

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 291-294

  Kebede, Nigatu ^a   Tilahun, Getachew ^a   Hailu, Asrat ^b  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Bovine cysticercosis; Cattle; Ethiopia; Prevalence; Taenia saginata

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CYSTICERCOSIS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; TAENIA SAGINATA;

ABATTOIRS; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CYSTICERCOSIS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; TAENIA SAGINATA;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOS INDICUS; BOVINAE; TAENIA SAGINATA;

EID: 59449108207     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-008-9188-4     Document Type: Article

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