Prevalence of infection with Fasciola gigantica and its relationship to carcase and liver weights, and fluke and egg counts in slaughter cattle and buffaloes in Southern Mindanao, Philippines

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 215-221

  Molina, E C ^a   Gonzaga, E A ^a   Lumbao, L A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MINDANAO   (Philippines)

Author keywords

buffaloes; cattle; Fasciola gigantica; Philippines

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BUFFALO; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FASCIOLA; FASCIOLIASIS; FECES; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIVER; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHILIPPINES; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BUFFALOES; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FASCIOLA; FASCIOLIASIS; FECES; FEMALE; LIVER; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PHILIPPINES; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BOS TAURUS; BUBALUS; FASCIOLA GIGANTICA; PARALICHTHYS DENTATUS; TREMATODA;

EID: 9644268178     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:TROP.0000049294.87048.48     Document Type: Article

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