Evaluation of different methods for the diagnosis of scabies in swine

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 90, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 137-145

  Smets, K ^a   Vercruysse, J ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Diagnosis Arthropoda; Pig Arthropoda; Sarcoptes scabiei

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATITIS; DIGESTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRODUCTIVITY; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; SCABIES; SCRATCHING; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BELGIUM; DERMATITIS; EAR; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; PREVALENCE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SCABIES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

ACARI; ARTHROPODA; SARCOPTES; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0034631297     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(00)00222-3     Document Type: Article

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