Biological control of rodents using Sarcocystis singaporensis

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1321-1330

  Jakel T ^a,b   Khoprasert, Y ^c   Endepols, S ^d   Archer Baumann, C ^a   Suasa ard, K ^c   Promkerd, P ^c   Kliemt, D ^a   Boonsong, P ^c   Hongnark, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b Financial Systems Development Section   (Germany)

^c Department of Agriculture   (Thailand)

^d BAYER AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biological control; Sarcocystis singaporensis; Southeast Asia; Wild rats

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; PARASITE; RODENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; COCCIDIOSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; RODENT CONTROL; SARCOCYSTIS;

ANIMALS; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; FEMALE; LUNG; MALE; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; RATS; RODENT DISEASES; RODENTIA; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTOSIS;

ANIMALIA; BANDICOTA INDICA; ELAEIS; GALLUS GALLUS; PROTOZOA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RATTUS TIOMANICUS; RODENTIA; SARCOCYSTIS SINGAPORENSIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 17944390628     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(99)00081-8     Document Type: Article

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