Recovery of Oesophagostomum dentatum from pigs by isolation of parasites migrating from large intestinal contents embedded in agar-gel

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 63, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 237-245

  Slotved, H C ^a   Barnes, E H ^a   Bjorn H ^a   Christensen, C M ^a   Eriksen, L ^a   Roepstorff, A ^a   Nansen, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Agar gel technique; Migration; Oesophagostomum dentatum; Pig Nematodea; Worm recovery

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; INTESTINE PARASITE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; STRONGYLOIDEA; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; OESOPHAGOSTOMUM DENTATUM; STRONGYLOIDEA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0030000177     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-4017(95)00916-7     Document Type: Article

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