A comparison of the infectivity of cryopreserved versus unfrozen infective larvae of Haemonchus contortus, Trichostrongylus colubriformis and Trichostrongylus axei: Results of the onderstepoort veterinary institute and collaborators from 1977 to the present

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 285-289

  Van Wyk, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Cryopreserved vs unfrozen larvae; Haemonchus contortus; Infective nematode larvae; Infectivity; South Africa; Trichostrongylus axei; Trichostrongylus colubriformis

Indexed keywords

HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; OVIS ARIES; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS AXEI; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS COLUBRIFORMIS;

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; NITROGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DRUG EFFECT; HAEMONCHUS; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS;

ANIMALS; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; HAEMONCHUS; LARVA; NITROGEN; TIME FACTORS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS;

EID: 0033233305     PISSN: 00302465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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