Risk factors for high endoparasitic burden and the efficiency of a single anthelmintic treatment of Danish horses

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 99-106

  Larsen, M M ^a   Lendal, S ^a   Chriel M ^a   Olsen, S N ^a   Bjorn H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anthelmintic resistance; Endoparasites; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE;

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DENMARK; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG SCREENING; FECES; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; INTESTINE INFECTION; NEMATODIASIS; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STRONGYLOIDEA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; DENMARK; DRUG EVALUATION; DRUG RESISTANCE; FECES; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; PARASITE EGG COUNT; RISK FACTORS; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; STRONGYLOIDEA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036366514     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1751-0147-43-99     Document Type: Review

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