Point prevalence of bovine fascioliasis and the influence of chemotherapy on the milk yield in a lactating bovine population from the district of Toba Tek Singh, Pakistan

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 334-338

  Khan, M K ^a   Sajid, M S ^a   Khan, M N ^a   Iqbal, Z ^a   Arshad, M ^a   Hussain, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b Livestock and Dairy Development Department   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXANID; OXYCLOZANIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BUFFALO; CATTLE; CHEMOTHERAPY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FASCIOLA GIGANTICA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; FECES ANALYSIS; LACTATION; MILK PRODUCTION; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DRUG THERAPY; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; FECES; MILK; OXYCLOZANIDE; PAKISTAN; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREVALENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE; BUBALUS; FASCIOLA; FASCIOLA GIGANTICA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA;

EID: 80255141815     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: 14752697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022149X10000659     Document Type: Article

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