Echinococcosis/hydatidosis: Its prevalence, economic and public health significance in Tigray region, North Ethiopia

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 865-871

  Kebede, W ^a   Hagos, A ^b   Girma, Z ^b   Lobago, F ^b  

^a Tigray Regional State Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Development   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Echinococcosis hydatidosis; Economic public significance; Ethiopia; Prevalence; Tigray region

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE;

BOS; BOVINAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS;

EID: 70349662304     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-008-9264-9     Document Type: Article

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