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DEATH OF RUMINANTS BECAUSE OF EAR INFECTION CONSEQUENT TO SCREWWORM

ABSTRACT

This paper reports the death of two ruminants (one sheep and one bovine) in the summer of 1999 due to an ear infection consequent to screwworm.

KEY WORDS:
Sheep; bovine; Cochliomyia hominivorax; damage.

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