Estimation of abomasum strongyle nematode infections in sheep at necropsy: Tentative proposals for a simplified technique

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 140, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 105-113

  Gaba, S ^a,b   Chadoeuf, J ^a   Monestiez, P ^a   Sauve, C ^b   Cortet, J ^b   Cabaret, J ^b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UR1282   (France)

Author keywords

Nematode; Sampling technique; Sheep; Statistical estimation

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; FEMALE; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; LAMB; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; RUMINANT STOMACH; SHEEP; TECHNIQUE; TELADORSAGIA CIRCUMCINCTA; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS;

ABOMASUM; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; FEMALE; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; STRONGYLUS;

NEMATODA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33746566584     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.03.021     Document Type: Article

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