Hydatidosis: Prevalence and its economic importance in ruminants slaughtered at Adama municipal abattoir, Central Oromia, Ethiopia

Acta Tropica

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 221-225

  Getaw, A ^a   Beyene, D ^a   Ayana, D ^b   Megersa, B ^c   Abunna, F ^c  

^a HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Abattoir survey; Economic loss; Ethiopia; Hydatidosis; Prevalence; Ruminants

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; CYST; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; GOAT; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MEAT; SHEEP;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CONTROL; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ETHIOPIA; FOOD CONTROL; GOAT; HEART; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MEAT; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHEEP; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPLEEN;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ETHIOPIA; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HEART; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SPLEEN;

ADAMA; ETHIOPIA; OROMIA;

BOS; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 77649189672     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2009.10.019     Document Type: Article

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