The distribution of nematode egg counts and larval counts in grazing sheep and their implications for parasite control

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 103-108

  Sreter T ^a   Molnar V ^a   Kassai, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Dictyocaulus filaria; economic losses; frequency distribution; gastrointestinal nematodes; host selection; mathematical models; negative binomial; overdispersion; parasite control; selective chemotherapy; sheep

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DICTYOCAULUS; HUNGARY; LARVA; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CONTROL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SHEEP; WORM EGG;

ANIMAL; FECES; FEMALE; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; LARVA; LUNG DISEASES, PARASITIC; NEMATODA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

ANIMALIA; DICTYOCAULUS; NEMATODA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0028337101     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0020-7519(94)90063-9     Document Type: Article

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