Severe Taenia ovis outbreak in a sheep flock in south-west England

Veterinary Record

Volumn 168, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 619-

  Eichenberger, R M ^c   Karvountzis, S ^b   Ziadinov, I ^c   Deplazes, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Shepton Mallet   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CYSTICERCOSIS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; MALE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; SHORT SURVEY; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; TAENIA; TAENIASIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; CYSTICERCOSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; MALE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TAENIA; TAENIASIS;

OVIS ARIES; TAENIA OVIS;

EID: 79958850022     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.d887     Document Type: Short Survey

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