Gastrointestinal nematode infections of first-grazing season calves in Western Europe: Associations between parasitological, physiological and physical factors

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 75, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 133-151

  Shaw, D J ^a   Vercruysse, J ^a   Claerebout, E ^a   Dorny, P ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Calves; Chemoprophylaxis; Europe; Gastrointestinal nematodes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; INTESTINE PARASITE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; WEIGHT GAIN; WESTERN EUROPE;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EUROPE; FECES; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GASTROENTERITIS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; OSTERTAGIA; PARASITE EGG COUNT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032574114     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(97)00213-6     Document Type: Article

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