Intestinal parasites in swine in the Nordic countries: Multilevel modelling of Ascaris suum infections in relation to production factors

Parasitology

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 521-534

  Roepstorff, A ^a   Nilsson, O ^b   O'Callaghan, C J ^c   Oksanen, A ^d   Gjerde, B ^e   Richter, S H ^f   Ortenberg, E O ^g   Christensson, D ^g   Nansen, P ^a   Eriksen, L ^a   Medley, G F ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Swedish Animal Health Service   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^g NONE

Author keywords

Ascaris suum; Herd factors; Multilevel modelling; Nordic countries; Pigs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS SUUM; FECES ANALYSIS; INFECTION RATE; INTESTINE PARASITE; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANDINAVIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWINE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS SUUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FECES; FEMALE; FINLAND; ICELAND; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SCANDINAVIA; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; ASCARIS SUUM; NEMATODA; SUS SCROFA; VERMES;

EID: 0032723747     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182099004941     Document Type: Article

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