Faecal egg counts are representative of digestive-tract strongyle worm burdens in sheep and goats

Parasite

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 137-142

  Cabaret, J ^a   Gasnier, N ^a   Jacquiet, P ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Density dependent fertility; Egg count; Goasts; Nematode; Sheep; Worm burden

Indexed keywords

CAPRA HIRCUS; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; MARSHALLAGIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; TELADORSAGIA; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; FECES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HAEMONCHUS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INTESTINE INFECTION; NEMATODIASIS; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; TRICHOSTRONGYLOSIS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; FECES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HAEMONCHIASIS; HAEMONCHUS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TRICHOSTRONGYLOIDEA; TRICHOSTRONGYLOIDIASIS;

EID: 0032085847     PISSN: 1252607X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/parasite/1998052137     Document Type: Article

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