Biological control of helminths

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 139-146

  Larsen, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biological control; Duddingtonia flagrans; Livestock; Nematode destroying fungi; Parasitic nematodes

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; FLATWORM; FUNGUS; LIVESTOCK; PARASITE CONTROL;

BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; DUDDINGTONIA; FUNGUS; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; REVIEW;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; DICTYOCAULUS VIVIPARUS; DUDDINGTONIA FLAGRANS; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; FUNGI; NEMATODA; NEMATODIRUS; OVIS ARIES; TRICHOSTRONGYLE; TRICHOSTRONGYLIDAE; VERMES; VIVIPARUS;

EID: 0032896176     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(98)00185-4     Document Type: Article

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