The preventive effect of the fungus Duddingtonia flagrans on trichostrongyle infections of lambs on pasture

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 931-939

  Githigia, S M ^a,b   Thamsborg, S M ^a   Larsen, M ^a   Kyvsgaard, N C ^a   Nansen, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Biological control; Duddingtonia flagrans; Grazing; Nematodes; Nematophagous fungi; Parasites; Sheep

Indexed keywords

FENBENDAZOLE;

FUNGAL TREATMENT; GASTROENTERITIS; PARASITE CONTROL; SHEEP;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS; LAMB; LARVA; NONHUMAN; TRICHOSTRONGYLOSIS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; DENMARK; FECES; FENBENDAZOLE; LARVA; MITOSPORIC FUNGI; OSTERTAGIASIS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TRICHOSTRONGYLOSIS;

ANIMALIA; BATTUS; DUDDINGTONIA FLAGRANS; FUNGI; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; NEMATODA; NEMATODIRUS BATTUS; NEMATODIRUS SPATHIGER; OSTERTAGIA; OVIS ARIES; SPATHIGER; TRICHOSTRONGYLE; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS;

EID: 0030846049     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(97)00065-9     Document Type: Article

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