Epidemiology of endoparasites of small ruminants in sub-Saharan Africa

Gastrointestinal nematodes, lungworms, and liver flukes are prominent endoparasites of small ruminants in different ecological zones of the sub-Saharan Africa. The high transmission and high occurence of Haemonchus contortus, Oesophagostomum columbianum, Trichostrongylus sp., Cooperia sp. strongyloi...

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Main Author: Bekele, T.
Format: Conference Paper
Language:Inglés
Published: Institute of Agricultural Research 1993
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/50477
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description Gastrointestinal nematodes, lungworms, and liver flukes are prominent endoparasites of small ruminants in different ecological zones of the sub-Saharan Africa. The high transmission and high occurence of Haemonchus contortus, Oesophagostomum columbianum, Trichostrongylus sp., Cooperia sp. strongyloides papilosus and Trichuris ovis in the wet season make them more important in the humid, sub-humid and mid-altitude highlands of Africa. Trichostrongylus colubriformis and the lungworm Dictyocaulus filaria are also important in the high altitudes of Ethiopia, although H. contortus and others also exist. Fasciola gigantica in the humid, sub-humid, and mid-altitude highlands and F. hepatica in the Ethiopian highlands are the major causes of fascioliasis in the dry season.
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spelling CGSpace504772021-02-23T21:49:24Z Epidemiology of endoparasites of small ruminants in sub-Saharan Africa Bekele, T. small ruminants parasites epidemiology Gastrointestinal nematodes, lungworms, and liver flukes are prominent endoparasites of small ruminants in different ecological zones of the sub-Saharan Africa. The high transmission and high occurence of Haemonchus contortus, Oesophagostomum columbianum, Trichostrongylus sp., Cooperia sp. strongyloides papilosus and Trichuris ovis in the wet season make them more important in the humid, sub-humid and mid-altitude highlands of Africa. Trichostrongylus colubriformis and the lungworm Dictyocaulus filaria are also important in the high altitudes of Ethiopia, although H. contortus and others also exist. Fasciola gigantica in the humid, sub-humid, and mid-altitude highlands and F. hepatica in the Ethiopian highlands are the major causes of fascioliasis in the dry season. 1993 2014-10-31T06:09:16Z 2014-10-31T06:09:16Z Conference Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/50477 en Limited Access Institute of Agricultural Research
spellingShingle small ruminants
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Epidemiology of endoparasites of small ruminants in sub-Saharan Africa
title Epidemiology of endoparasites of small ruminants in sub-Saharan Africa
title_full Epidemiology of endoparasites of small ruminants in sub-Saharan Africa
title_fullStr Epidemiology of endoparasites of small ruminants in sub-Saharan Africa
title_full_unstemmed Epidemiology of endoparasites of small ruminants in sub-Saharan Africa
title_short Epidemiology of endoparasites of small ruminants in sub-Saharan Africa
title_sort epidemiology of endoparasites of small ruminants in sub saharan africa
topic small ruminants
parasites
epidemiology
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