Study on the prevalence of cystic hydatidosis and its economic significance in cattle slaughtered at Hawassa Municipal abattoir, Ethiopia

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 977-984

  Regassa, Feyesa ^a   Molla, Alemante ^a   Bekele, Jemere ^b  

^a JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Abattoir; Economic significance; Hawassa; Hydatidosis; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECONOMICS; ETHIOPIA; FOOD CONTROL; MEAT; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SLAUGHTERHOUSE;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ETHIOPIA; FOOD INSPECTION; MEAT; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PREVALENCE;

BOS; BOVINAE;

EID: 77952892042     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-009-9517-2     Document Type: Article

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