Gastrointestinal nematode infections of first-grazing season calves in Western Europe: General patterns and the effect of chemoprophylaxis

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 75, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 115-131

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

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cattle Nematoda; Control methods Nematoda

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATTLE DISEASE; EUROPE; FECES ANALYSIS; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EUROPE; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; OSTERTAGIA; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PEPSINOGENS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032574129     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(97)00214-8     Document Type: Article

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