Preliminary survey on equine trypanosomosis and its vectors in Asosa and Homosha districts in Benishangul Gumuz regional state, Northwest Ethiopia

Livestock Research for Rural Development

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Abebe, R ^a   Wolde, A ^a  

^a HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Donkeys; Ethiopia; PCV; Prevalence; Trypanosomes

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE; EQUUS ASINUS; GLOSSINA (GENUS); GLOSSINA MORSITANS; HAEMATOPOTA; STOMOXYS; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE; TRYPANOSOMA VIVAX;

EID: 77953782156     PISSN: None     EISSN: 01213784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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