Reliability of a single fecal egg per gram determination as a measure of individual and herd values for trichostrongyle nematodes of cattle

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 168-171

  Gasbarre, Louis C ^a   Leighton, Eldin A ^b   Bryant, Dean ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b C BAR Group   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FECES; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREVALENCE; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRICHOSTRONGYLOSIS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; FECES; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; TRICHOSTRONGYLOSIS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS;

EID: 0030078003     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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