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A retrospective survey of liver fasciolosis and stilesiosis in livestock based on abattoir data in Arusha, Tanzania

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The authors are indebted to the Arusha abattoir management and meat inspectors for their cooperation and accepting to use the records as data for this paper.

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  1. Department of Veterinary Medicine and Public Health, Sokoine University of Agriculture, P.O. Box 3021, Chuo Kikuu Morogoro, Tanzania

    H. E. Nonga, M. F. Mwabonimana, H. A. Ngowi, L. S. B. Mellau & E. D. Karimuribo

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Nonga, H.E., Mwabonimana, M.F., Ngowi, H.A. et al. A retrospective survey of liver fasciolosis and stilesiosis in livestock based on abattoir data in Arusha, Tanzania. Trop Anim Health Prod 41, 1377–1380 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-009-9325-8

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