Tapeworms as a cause of intestinal disease in horses

Parasitology Today

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 156-159

  Proudman, C J ^a   Trees, A J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PRAZIQUANTEL; PYRANTEL;

COLIC; ENTEROPATHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HORSE DISEASE; ILEOCECAL VALVE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SERODIAGNOSIS; TAPEWORM INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CESTODA; CESTODE INFECTIONS; COLIC; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC;

ANOPLOCEPHALA PERFOLIATA; CESTODA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0033119738     PISSN: 01694758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-4758(99)01416-7     Document Type: Review

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