The potential of nematophagous fungi to control the free-living stages of nematode parasites of sheep: Pasture plot study with Duddingtonia flagrans

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 76, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 129-135

  Faedo, M ^a   Barnes, E H ^a   Dobson, R J ^a   Waller, P J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Control methods; Duddingtonia flagrans; Fungi; Nematoda

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES; FUNGUS; FUNGUS SPORE; LARVA; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; SHEEP; SOIL; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS COLUBRIFORMIS;

ANIMALS; FECES; HAEMONCHIASIS; LARVA; MITOSPORIC FUNGI; NEMATODA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032584006     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(97)00057-5     Document Type: Article

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