Ectoparasites of small ruminants in three selected agro-ecological sites of Tigray Region, Ethiopia

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1219-1224

  Mulugeta, Y ^a   Yacob, Hailu T ^b   Ashenafi, Hagos ^b  

^a Tigray Regional State Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Development   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Ectoparasites; Goats; North Ethiopia; Sheep; Tigray region

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; CLIMATE; ECTOPARASITOSIS; ETHIOPIA; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TICK; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; GOAT DISEASES; SHEEP DISEASES; VETERINARY;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; CLIMATE; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; ETHIOPIA; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TICKS;

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE; CAPRA HIRCUS; CTENOCEPHALIDES; CTENOCEPHALIDES FELIS; DAMALINIA OVIS; DEMODEX; IXODIDA; LINOGNATHUS AFRICANUS; MELOPHAGUS OVINUS; OVIS ARIES; SARCOPTES SCABIEI;

EID: 77954459384     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-010-9551-0     Document Type: Article

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