The repeatability of faecal egg counts in Polish Wrzosowka sheep

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 241-246

  Doligalska, M ^a   Moskwa, B ^b   Niznikowski, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b W STEFA SKI INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Poland)

^c WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Epidemiology Nematoda; Faecal egg counts; Sheep Nematoda

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; HAEMONCHUS; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; POLAND; REPRODUCIBILITY; SHEEP; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; WORM EGG;

ANIMALS; FECES; HAEMONCHIASIS; HAEMONCHUS; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; POLAND; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEASONS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TRICHOSTRONGYLOSIS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS;

ANIMALIA; CHABERTIA OVINA; COOPERIA CURTICEI; HAEMONCHUS; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; NEMATODA; NEMATODIRUS; OVIS ARIES; TELADORSAGIA CIRCUMCINCTA; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS;

EID: 0030742102     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(96)01151-X     Document Type: Article

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