Parasite myth busting

Cattle Practice

Volumn 20, Issue PART2, 2012, Pages 128-136

  Forbes, A B ^a  

^a BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMA GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Control; Diagnostics; Farmersuiticals; Gastrointestinal nematodes; Liver fluke; Lungworm

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889868768     PISSN: 09691251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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