Morphological identification of nematode larvae of small ruminants and cattle simplified

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 277-306

  Van Wyk, J A ^a,c   Cabaret, J ^b   Michael, L M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cattle nematode; Chabertia ovina; Differential larval count; Haemonchus contortus; Larva identification; Lungworm larvae; Oesophagostomum spp.; Small ruminant; Trichostrongylus spp.

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOVIDS; CATTLE; CHABERTIA OVINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GOAT; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; INTESTINE CELL; LARVA; MORPHOLOGY; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; OESOPHAGOSTOMUM COLUMBIANUM; OESOPHAGOSTOMUM VENULOSUM; SHEEP; STRONGYLOIDEA; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS;

BOS TAURUS; CAPRA HIRCUS; CHABERTIA OVINA; COLUMBIANUM; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; NEMATODA; OESOPHAGOSTOMUM; OESOPHAGOSTOMUM COLUMBIANUM; OESOPHAGOSTOMUM VENULOSUM; OVIS ARIES; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS;

EID: 1242328737     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2003.11.012     Document Type: Article

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