African Journal of
Agricultural Research

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Agric. Res.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1991-637X
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJAR
  • Start Year: 2006
  • Published Articles: 6900

Full Length Research Paper

Gastrointestinal nematodiasis in Ethiopian sheep under community-based breeding program

Solomon Shiferaw Tufa
  • Solomon Shiferaw Tufa
  • Division of Livestock Sciences, Department of Sustainable Agricultural Systems, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Gregor-Mendel-Str. 33, 1180 Vienna, Austria.
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Gábor Mészáros
  • Gábor Mészáros
  • Division of Livestock Sciences, Department of Sustainable Agricultural Systems, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Gregor-Mendel-Str. 33, 1180 Vienna, Austria.
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Aynalem Haile
  • Aynalem Haile
  • International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), P. O. Box 5689, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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Joram Mwacharo
  • Joram Mwacharo
  • International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), P. O. Box 5689, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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Maria Wurzinger
  • Maria Wurzinger
  • Division of Livestock Sciences, Department of Sustainable Agricultural Systems, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Gregor-Mendel-Str. 33, 1180 Vienna, Austria.
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Johann Sölkner
  • Johann Sölkner
  • Division of Livestock Sciences, Department of Sustainable Agricultural Systems, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Gregor-Mendel-Str. 33, 1180 Vienna, Austria.
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  •  Received: 04 June 2019
  •  Accepted: 11 July 2019
  •  Published: 30 November 2019

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