Hydatidosis of slaughtered animals in Ngorongoro district of Arusha region, Tanzania

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1179-1185

  Ernest, E ^a   Nonga, H E ^b   Kassuku, A A ^b   Kazwala, R R ^b  

^a TANZANIA WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^b SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Hydatidosis; Livestock; Ngorongoro; Prevalence; Slaughter slabs

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; TANZANIA;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TANZANIA;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CAPRA HIRCUS; EQUUS ASINUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 70350346524     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-008-9298-z     Document Type: Article

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