Biological control of nematode parasites of livestock in Fiji: Screening of fresh dung of small ruminants for the presence of nematophagous fungi

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 39-45

  Manueli, P R ^a   Waller, P J ^b,c   Faedo, M ^b   Mahommed, F ^a  

^a Min Agric Fish Forests ALTA PO   (Fiji)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arthrobotrys spp.; Biological control; Control methods Nematoda; Nematophagous fungi

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; BOVIDS; FECES; FIJI; FUNGUS; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GOAT; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; SCREENING TEST; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FECES; FEMALE; FIJI; FUNGI; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; MALE; NEMATODA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROBOTRYS; CAPRA HIRCUS; FUNGI; NEMATODA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0032929597     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(98)00241-6     Document Type: Article

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