Ecological influences on transmission rates of Ascaris suum to pigs on pastures

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 143-153

  Roepstorff, A ^a   Murrell, K D ^a   Boes, J ^a,b   Petkevicius S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Danske Slagterier   (Denmark)

^c Lithuanian Veterinary Academy   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Ascaris suum; Oesophagostomum dentatum; Outdoor rearing; Pig nematoda; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; RAIN;

ANALYSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASCARIS SUUM; AUTOPSY; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESICCATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EARTHWORM; ECOLOGY; EXPOSURE; HELMINTH; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HOUSING; LARVA; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CONTROL; PROTECTION; SOIL; STRONGYLOIDEA; SUMMER; SWINE; WORM EGG; WORM INFECTION; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS SUUM; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ECOLOGY; FECES; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; LARVA; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEASONS; SOIL; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 0035814223     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(01)00506-4     Document Type: Article

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