Faecal egg count reduction percentage calculations to detect anthelmintic resistance in Oesophagostomum spp. in pigs

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 68, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 127-142

  Dangolla, Ashoka ^a   Bjørn, Henrik ^a   Willeberg, Preben ^a   Barnes, Elizabeth Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

anthelmintic resistance; faecal egg count; pigs

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG RESISTANCE; EGG; FECES ANALYSIS; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; STRONGYLOIDEA; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DRUG RESISTANCE; FECES; FEMALE; IVERMECTIN; LEVAMISOLE; MEBENDAZOLE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OESOPHAGOSTOMIASIS; OESOPHAGOSTOMUM; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PIPERAZINES; PYRANTEL; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 0030934226     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(96)01029-1     Document Type: Article

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