Prevalence and diagnosis of parasites of the stomach and small intestine in horses in south-west England

Veterinary Record

Volumn 156, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 597-600

  Morgan, E R ^a   Hetzel, N ^a   Povah, N ^a   Coles, G C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CESTODE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HORSE DISEASE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; PARASITOSIS; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SMALL INTESTINE DISEASE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STOMACH DISEASE; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; UNITED KINGDOM; WEIGHT;

ANIMALIA; ANOPLOCEPHALA PERFOLIATA; CESTODA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS;

EID: 19044398893     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.156.19.597     Document Type: Article

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