A study of helminth parasites in culled cows from Ireland

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 76, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 1-10

  Murphy, T M ^a   Fahy, K N ^a   McAuliffe, A ^a   Forbes, A B ^b   Clegg, T A ^c   O'Brien, D J ^a  

^a Central Veterinary Laboratory   (Ireland)

^b BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMA GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Culled cows; Gastrointestinal nematodes; Liver fluke; Lungworm

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FECES; FEMALE; INTESTINE INFECTION; IRELAND; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER; NEMATODIASIS; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RUMINANT STOMACH; SEASON; SLAUGHTERHOUSE;

ABATTOIRS; ABOMASUM; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FECES; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; IRELAND; LIVER; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREVALENCE; SEASONS;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; COOPERIA ONCOPHORA; DICTYOCAULUS VIVIPARUS; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; NEMATODA; OSTERTAGIA OSTERTAGI; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS AXEI; VERMES;

EID: 33746624338     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2006.04.005     Document Type: Article

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