Ascaris suum infections in pigs born and raised on contaminated paddocks

Parasitology

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 305-312

  Mejer, H ^a   Roepstorff, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ascaris suum; Neonatal exposure; Outdoor production; Pigs; Pre hepatic barrier; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS SUUM; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; LIVER; LUNG; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE; SWINE; WORM INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS SUUM; BODY SIZE; FECES; FEMALE; INTESTINE, SMALL; LIVER; LUNG; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREVALENCE; SOIL; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TIME FACTORS; WEATHER;

ASCARIS SUUM;

EID: 33747065244     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182006000394     Document Type: Article

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