Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances

Year: 2010
Volume: 9
Issue: 15
Page No. 2061 - 2066

A Cross-Sectional Study of Equine Trypanosomosis and its Vectors in Wolayta Zone, Southern Ethiopia

Authors : Solomon Mekuria, Addisu Eyob, Alemayehu Regassa, Abebayehu Tadesse, Berhanu Mekibib and Rahmeto Abebe

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