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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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