Ectoparasites are the major causes of various types of skin lesions in small ruminants in Ethiopia

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1103-1109

  Chanie, Mersha ^a   Negash, Tamiru ^b   Sirak, Asegedech ^c  

^a WOLLO UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

^c National Animal Health Diagnosis and Investigation Center   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Ectoparasites; Ethiopia; Goats; Histopathology; Sheep; Skin lesions

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ECTOPARASITOSIS; ETHIOPIA; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; LOUSE; MITE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; SKIN; TICK; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; GOAT DISEASES; SHEEP DISEASES; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; ETHIOPIA; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; LICE; MITES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SKIN; TICKS; PHTHIRAPTERA;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA VARIEGATUM; ANIMALIA; BOVICOLA OVIS; BOVIDAE; CAPRA HIRCUS; DEMODEX; HIPPOBOSCIDAE; IXODIDA; LINOGNATHUS STENOPSIS; MELOPHAGUS OVINUS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; PHTHIRAPTERA; PSOROPTES OVIS; SARCOPTES SCABIEI;

EID: 77954459094     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-010-9531-4     Document Type: Article

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