Transmission of some species of internal parasites in horses born in 1993, 1994, and 1995 on the same pasture on a farm in central Kentucky

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 225-240

  Lyons, E T ^a   Tolliver, S C ^a   Collins, S S ^a   Drudge, J H ^a   Granstrom, D E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Closed breeding herd; Horses; Internal parasites; Long term study; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HORSE DISEASE; METEOROLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PREVALENCE; STRONGYLOIDEA; THELAZIA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FECES; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; KENTUCKY; MALE; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SPIRURIDA INFECTIONS; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; STRONGYLUS; THELAZIOIDEA;

ANIMALIA; ANOPLOCEPHALA PERFOLIATA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; STRONGYLES; STRONGYLOIDEA; THELAZIA; THELAZIA LACRYMALIS;

EID: 0030762628     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(96)01155-7     Document Type: Article

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