Parenterally administered gastrointestinal nematode infective larvae viable after more than 15 years in liquid nitrogen

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 88, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 239-247

  Van Wyk, J A ^a,b   Gerber, H M ^b   De Villiers, F J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^c ARC Animal Improvement Institute   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Chabertia ovina; Cryopreservation; Dictyocaulus filaria; Haemonchus contortus; Larva longevity; Nematodirus spathiger; Oesophagostomum columbianum; Ostertagia circumcincta; Sheep Nematoda; Sodium hypochlorite; Trichostrongylus spp.

Indexed keywords

HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM; LIQUID NITROGEN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; DICTYOCAULUS FILARIA; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; NEMATODIRUS; NONHUMAN; OSTERTAGIA; SHEEP DISEASE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS;

ANIMALS; COLD; CRYOPRESERVATION; DICTYOCAULUS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; HAEMONCHUS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; LUNG; MALE; OESOPHAGOSTOMUM; OSTERTAGIA; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; STRONGYLIDA; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; STRONGYLOIDEA; TIME FACTORS; TRICHOSTRONGYLOIDEA; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS;

ANIMALIA; CHABERTIA OVINA; COLUMBIANUM; DICTYOCAULUS FILARIA; FILARIA; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; NEMATODA; NEMATODIRUS SPATHIGER; OESOPHAGOSTOMUM COLUMBIANUM; OSTERTAGIA; OVIS ARIES; SPATHIGER; TELADORSAGIA CIRCUMCINCTA; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS AXEI; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS COLUBRIFORMIS;

EID: 0033964399     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(99)00211-3     Document Type: Article

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