Intestinal parasites in swine in the Nordic countries: Prevalence and geographical distribution

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 305-319

  Roepstorff, A ^a   Nilsson, O ^b   Oksanen, A ^c   Gjerde, B ^d   Richter, S H ^e   Ortenberg E ^h   Christensson, D ^h   Martinsson, K B ^f   Bartlett, P C ^a   Nansen, P ^a   Eriksen, L ^a   Helle, O ^d   Nikander, S ^c   Larsen, K ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Swedish Animal Health Service   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d Microbiol Food Hyg   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^f The Swedish Animal Health Service   (Sweden)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^h NONE

Author keywords

Ascaris suum; Eimeria spp.; Isospora suis; Nordic countries; Oesophagostomum spp.; Pig nematode; Pig protozoa; Strongyloides ransomi; Trichuris suis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCARIS SUUM; DENMARK; EIMERIA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FINLAND; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; ICELAND; INTESTINE PARASITE; ISOSPORA; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; STRONGYLOIDEA; SWEDEN; SWINE; TRICHURIS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; DENMARK; FEMALE; FINLAND; GEOGRAPHY; ICELAND; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; NORWAY; PREVALENCE; SWEDEN; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

ASCARIS SUUM; EIMERIA; ISOSPORA SUIS; NEMATODA; OESOPHAGOSTOMUM; PROTOZOA; STRONGYLOIDEA; STRONGYLOIDES; SUS SCROFA; TRICHURIS; TRICHURIS SUIS;

EID: 0032580527     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(97)00223-9     Document Type: Article

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