Experimental quantification of the transmission of Sarcoptes scabiei var. suis among finishing pigs

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 57-67

  Stegeman, J A ^a   Rambags, P G M ^b   Van Der Heijden, H M J F ^b   Elbers, A R W ^b   Hunneman, W A ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Animal Health Service Boxtel   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Contact; Pig Arthropoda; Sarcoptes scabiei; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INFESTATION; NONHUMAN; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

ANIMAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; SCABIES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 0034333432     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(00)00324-1     Document Type: Article

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