A method for the recovery of immature Trichuris suis from pig intestine

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 185-189

  Kringel, H ^a   Roepstorff, A ^a   Murrell, K D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; INTESTINE MUCOSA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; SWINE; TRICHURIS;

ANIMALS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; SWINE; TRICHURIS;

EID: 0036981703     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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