Epidemiological features of fasciolosis in working donkeys in Ethiopia

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 169, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 335-339

  Getachew, M ^a,b   Innocent, G T ^c   Trawford, A F ^b   Reid, S W J ^c   Love, S ^c  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b THE DONKEY SANCTUARY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Donkey; Epidemiology; Equids; Ethiopia; Fasciolosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BILIARY TRACT FIBROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DONKEY; EGG PARASITOID; ETHIOPIA; FASCIOLA GIGANTICA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; FECES ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPERPLASIA; JUVENILE ANIMAL; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE VIRULENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ANIMALS; EQUIDAE; ETHIOPIA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; FECES; FEMALE; MALE; PREVALENCE;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS ASINUS; FASCIOLA GIGANTICA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA;

EID: 77951252888     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.01.007     Document Type: Article

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