Article
Ecological, morphological and genetic characterization of sympatric Haemonchus spp. parasites of domestic ruminants in Mauritania.
Parasitology - 1 May 1995
Jacquiet P, Humbert J F, Comes A M, Cabaret J, Thiam A, Cheikh D
Abstract excerpt
The 4 species of ruminants (dromedary, zebu cattle, sheep and goat) in arid areas of Mauritania harboured Haemonchus spp. as the most frequent internal parasite. This was a rare situation where the 3 putative species, H. longistipes (dromedary), H. placei (zebu cattle) and H. contortus (sheep and...
Topics
- Adaptation, Physiological
- Animals
- Animals, Domestic
- Base Sequence
- Cattle
- DNA, Helminth
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Haemonchiasis
- Haemonchus
- Larva
- Mauritania
