Ectoparasitism: Threat to Ethiopian small ruminant population and tanning industry

Yacob Hailu Tolossa

doi:10.5897/JVMAH2013.0253

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Veterinary Medicine and Animal Health

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ISSN: 2141-2529
DOI: 10.5897/JVMAH
Start Year: 2009
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Ectoparasitism: Threat to Ethiopian small ruminant population and tanning industry

Yacob Hailu Tolossa

Yacob Hailu Tolossa
Department of Pathology and Parasitology, Addis Ababa University, College of Veterinary medicine and Agriculture, Ethiopia.
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Article Number - BD8A35642277
Vol.6(1), pp. 25-33 , January 2014
https://doi.org/10.5897/JVMAH2013.0253

Accepted: 03 December 2013
Published: 31 January 2014

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