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Epidemiology, morphometry, and phylogenetic analysis of Haemonchus contortus in small ruminants of Malakand division, Pakistan Cover

Epidemiology, morphometry, and phylogenetic analysis of Haemonchus contortus in small ruminants of Malakand division, Pakistan

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|Nov 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/helm-2025-0023 | Journal eISSN: 1336-9083 | Journal ISSN: 0440-6605
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