The efficacy of two isolates of the nematode-trapping fungus Duddingtonia flagrans against Dictyocaulus viviparus larvae in faeces

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 289-304

  Fernandez A S ^a,b   Larsen, M ^a   Nansen, P ^a   Gronvold J ^c   Henriksen, S A ^d   Bjorn H ^d   Wolstrup, J ^e  

^a Danish Ctr for Exp Parasitology   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL CENTRO DE LA PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c Section of Zoology   (Denmark)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e Dept Ecol Molec Biol Roy V   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biological control; Cattle nematoda; Cooperia oncophora; Dictyocaulus viviparus; Duddingtonia flagrans; Nematode trapping fungi

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTHELMINTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES; FUNGUS; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; TECHNIQUE; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DENMARK; DICTYOCAULUS; DICTYOCAULUS INFECTIONS; FECES; LARVA; MITOSPORIC FUNGI; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; TRICHOSTRONGYLOIDEA; WEATHER;

EID: 0344223310     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(99)00122-3     Document Type: Article

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