Dicrocoelium dendriticum infection in sheep: Faecal egg count, gall bladder egg count, gall bladder fluke count, total fluke count

Helminthologia

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 71-75

  Rehbein, S ^a   Lindner, T ^b   Kokott, S ^c  

^a BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMA GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dicrocoelium dendriticum; Faecal egg count; Gall bladder egg count; Gall bladder fluke count; Germany; Sheep; Total fluke count

Indexed keywords

DICROCOELIUM; DICROCOELIUM DENDRITICUM; DIGENEA (FLUKES); LAMB; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; PARALICHTHYS DENTATUS; TREMATODA;

EID: 0036916484     PISSN: 04406605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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