Experimental Oesophagostomum dentatum infections in the pig: Worm populations resulting from trickle infections with three dose levels of larvae

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 399-408

  Roepstorff, A ^a   BjOrn H ^a   Nansen, P ^a   Barnes, E H ^a   Christensen, C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Density dependence; Egg excretion; Fecundity; Oesophagostomum dentatum; Pigs; Trickle infections; Worm length; Worm populations

Indexed keywords

PYRANTEL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; LARVA; MALE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; STRONGYLOIDEA; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; FECES; FEMALE; GROWTH; LARVA; MALE; OESOPHAGOSTOMIASIS; OESOPHAGOSTOMUM; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; OESOPHAGOSTOMUM DENTATUM; STRONGYLOIDEA; SUS SCROFA; VERMES;

EID: 0030014036     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0020-7519(96)00006-9     Document Type: Article

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