Prevalences of gastrointestinal parasites in sheep and parasite-control practices in NW Spain

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 56-62

  Pedreira, J ^a   Paz Silva, A ^a   Sanchez Andrade R ^a   Suarez J L ^a   Arias, M ^a   Lomba, C ^a   Diaz P ^a   Lopez C ^a   Diez Banos P ^a   Morrondo, P ^a  

^a Facultad de Veterinaria   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coprology; EU; Gastro intestinal nematode parasites; NW Spain; Prevalence; Questionnaire; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FECES; HUMAN; INTESTINE INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; SPAIN;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; FECES; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; NEMATODA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SPAIN;

BOS TAURUS; CHABERTIA; COOPERIA; HAEMONCHUS; NEMATODIRUS; OESOPHAGOSTOMUM; OVIS ARIES; STRONGYLOIDEA; TELADORSAGIA; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; TRICHURIS;

EID: 33744506371     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2006.01.011     Document Type: Article

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