Environmental impact on soil nematodes following the use of the ivermectin sustained-release bolus or the nematophagous fungus Duddingtonia flagrans to control nematode parasites of cattle in Sweden

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica - Section A: Animal Science

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 233-242

  Yeates, Gregor W ^a   Dimander, Sten Olof ^b   Waller, Peter J ^b   Höglund, Johan ^b  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bacterial feeding; Diversity; Duddingtonia flagrans; Environmental impact; Helicotylenchus; Ivermectin; Nutrient cycling; Pasture; Tylenchorhynchus

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; DUDDINGTONIA; DUDDINGTONIA FLAGRANS; FUNGI; HELICOTYLENCHUS; NEMATODA; TYLENCHORHYNCHUS;

EID: 0036953768     PISSN: 09064702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/090647002762381113     Document Type: Article

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