Optimization of the Agar-gel Method for Isolation of Migrating Ascaris suum Larvae from the Liver and Lungs of Pigs

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 279-286

  Saeed, Isam ^a   Roepstorff, A ^a   Rasmussen, T ^a   Hog M ^a   Jungersen, G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Agar gel method; Ascaris suum; Larva recovery; Liver; Lungs

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; GENTAMICIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASCARIS SUUM; DRUG EFFECT; GEL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER; LUNG; PARASITOLOGY; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ASCARIS SUUM; GELS; GENTAMICINS; LIVER; LUNG; SWINE;

EID: 0035236063     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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