Growth and structural features of the adult stage of Ascaris suum (Nematoda, Ascaridoidea) from experimentally infected domestic pigs

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 269-277

  Fagerholm, Hans Peter ^a,b   Nansen, Peter ^a   Roepstorff, Allan ^a   Frandsen, Flemming ^a   Eriksen, Lis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS SUUM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GROWTH REGULATION; INFESTATION; MORPHOGENESIS; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS SUUM; FEMALE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MORPHOGENESIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

ASCARIDOIDEA; ASCARIS SUUM; NEMATODA; SUS SCROFA; SUS SCROFA DOMESTICA;

EID: 0031968611     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284481     Document Type: Article

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