Capability of the nematode-trapping fungus Duddingtonia flagrans to reduce infective larvae of gastrointestinal nematodes in goat feces in the southeastern United States: Dose titration and dose time interval studies

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 285-296

  Terrill, T H ^a   Larsen, M ^b   Samples, O ^a   Husted, S ^b   Miller, J E ^c   Kaplan, R M ^d   Gelaye, S ^a  

^a FORT VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Duddingtonia flagrans; Goats; Haemonchus contortus; Nematode trapping fungus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERIA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DUDDINGTONIA; FECES; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES CULTURE; FEEDING; FEMALE; FUNGUS SPORE; GOAT; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS COLUBRIFORMIS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GEORGIA; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MITOSPORIC FUNGI; NEMATODA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PREGNANCY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SPORES, FUNGAL;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; COOPERIA; DUDDINGTONIA FLAGRANS; FUNGI; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; NEMATODA;

EID: 1842558613     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2003.09.024     Document Type: Article

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