Oesophagostomum dentatum and Trichuris suis infections in pigs born and raised on contaminated paddocks

Parasitology

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 295-304

  Mejer, H ^a   Roepstorff, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Geophagy; Oesophagostomum dentatum; Outdoor production; Pigs; Transmission; Trichuris suis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; FECES ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; OESOPHAGUSTOMUM DENTATUM; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL ANALYSIS; STRONGYLOIDEA; SWINE; TRICHURIS; TRICHURIS SUIS; VEGETATION;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; FECES; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; INTESTINES; MALE; OESOPHAGOSTOMIASIS; OESOPHAGOSTOMUM; PARASITE EGG COUNT; POACEAE; SOIL; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TIME FACTORS; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS; WEATHER;

OESOPHAGOSTOMUM DENTATUM; SUS SCROFA; TRICHURIS SUIS; VERMES;

EID: 33747077891     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182006000382     Document Type: Article

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