Helmintic infections in water buffaloes on Italian farms: A spatial analysis

Geospatial Health

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 233-239

  Rinaldi, Laura ^a   Musella, Vincenzo ^b   Veneziano, Vincenzo ^a   Condoleo, Renato U ^c   Cringoli, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE REGIONI LAZIO E TOSCANA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Buffalo farming; Geographical information systems; Helminths; Italy; Spatial analysis; Water buffalo

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BUFFALO; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; HELMINTH; INTESTINE INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BUFFALOES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHY; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; HELMINTHS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; ITALY;

EID: 68849083608     PISSN: 18271987     EISSN: 19707096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/gh.2009.223     Document Type: Conference Paper

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