Digital image analysis and identification of eggs from bovine parasitic nematodes

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 143-151

  Sommer, C ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HAEMONCHUS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTESTINE PARASITE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; OSTERTAGIA OSTERTAGI; STRONGYLOIDEA; TRICHOSTRONGYLOSIS; WORM EGG; WORM INFECTION;

EID: 0029903180     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0022149x00015303     Document Type: Article

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