Trypanotolerance in small ruminants of sub-Saharan Africa

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 132-138

  Geerts, Stanny ^a,b   Osaer, Sabine ^c   Goossens, Bart ^d   Faye, Déthié ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b International Trypanotolerance Centre Gambia   (Gambia)

^c Endemic Livestock Project ^*  (Rwanda)

^d Endemic Livestock Project   (Gambia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; BOVIDS; BREEDING; CATTLE; FOOD INDUSTRY; GENETICS; GOAT; GOVERNMENT; HELMINTH; HUMAN; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITEMIA; PHENOTYPE; PRODUCTIVITY; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SHEEP; TICK; TRYPANOSOMA VIVAX;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; GOATS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; SHEEP; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE; TRYPANOSOMA VIVAX; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN;

ANIMALIA; BOS; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 60449085684     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2008.12.004     Document Type: Review

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