Concurrent Ascaris suum and Oesophagostomum dentatum infections in pigs

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 221-234

  Helwigh, A B ^a   Christensen, C M ^a   Roepstorff, A ^a   Nansen, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ascaris suum; Concurrent infections; Interaction; Oesophagostomum dentatum; Pig nematoda

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; ASCARIS SUUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; STRONGYLOIDEA; SUPERINFECTION; SWINE; WEIGHT GAIN; WORM INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS SUUM; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTESTINE, LARGE; INTESTINE, SMALL; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; OESOPHAGOSTOMIASIS; OESOPHAGOSTOMUM; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

ASCARIS SUUM; NEMATODA; OESOPHAGOSTOMUM DENTATUM; SUS SCROFA; VERMES;

EID: 0033003943     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(99)00007-2     Document Type: Article

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