Seasonal variation in development and survival of Ascaris suum and Trichuris suis eggs on pastures

Parasitology

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 209-220

  Larsen, M N ^a   Roepstorff, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ascaris suum; Development; Eggs; Microclimate; Season; Survival; Trichuris suis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCARIS SUUM; FECES; MICROCLIMATE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; SURVIVAL; SWINE; TRICHURIS; WINTER;

ANIMALS; ASCARIS SUUM; CLIMATE; FECES; LARVA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; OVUM; PARASITE EGG COUNT; POACEAE; SEASONS; SOIL; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TRICHURIS;

ASCARIS SUUM; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA; SUS SCROFA; TRICHURIS SUIS; VERMES;

EID: 0032780742     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182099004503     Document Type: Article

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