The development and overwintering survival of free-living larvae of Haemonchus contortus in Sweden

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 373-379

  Troell, K ^a   Waller, P ^a   Hoglund J ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; LAMB; LARVA; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; SURVIVAL; SWEDEN; WINTER; WORM;

ANIMALS; COLD; EGGS; HAEMONCHIASIS; HAEMONCHUS; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; LARVA; PARASITOLOGY; SEASONS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SWEDEN;

HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 29144504071     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/JOH2005286     Document Type: Article

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