Distribution and intensity of Echinococcus granulosus infections in dogs in Moroto District, Uganda

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1451-1457

  Inangolet, Francis O ^a   Biffa, Demelash ^a,b   Opuda Asibo, John ^c   Oloya, James ^c   Skjerve, Eystein ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Dogs; Echinococcus granulosus; Epidemiology; Moroto; Uganda

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; FEMALE; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UGANDA;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; DEMOGRAPHY; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; FEMALE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; UGANDA;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS;

EID: 77956177100     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-010-9574-6     Document Type: Article

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