A simple pump-assisted method for collecting live, undamaged Psoroptes ovis from sheep using circulating saline

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 215-222

  Thind, B B ^a   Ford, H L ^a  

^a CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bulk removal; Collection method; Diagnosis; Field application; Psoroptes ovis; Saline; Sampling; Sheep ectoparasites

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; MITE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PSOROPTES OVIS; PUMP; SAMPLING; SHEEP; TECHNIQUE;

ACARI; OVIS ARIES; PSOROPTES; PSOROPTES OVIS;

EID: 0038442815     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(03)00138-9     Document Type: Article

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