Utilization of the Famacha method in individual clinic diagnostic of haemonchosis in sheep of south-west of Minas Gerais State;Utilização do método Famacha no diagnóstico clínico individual de haemoncose em ovinos no sudoeste do Estado de Minas Gerais

Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinaria

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 70-72

  Abrão, Diana Cuglovici ^a   Abrão, Silvana ^b   Viana, Carlos Henrique Cabral ^c   do Valle, Claudia Ribeiro ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b Laboratório Alpha

^c PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Famacha; FEC; Haemonchus sp; Packed cell volume

Indexed keywords

HAEMONCHUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 77953347114     PISSN: 0103846X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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