Epidemiology of subclinical dairy cow nematode infections on five farms in England in 2002 and a comparison with results from 1978 to 1979

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 146, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 294-301

  Fox, M T ^a   Hutchinson, M ^a   Riddle, A ^a   Forbes, A B ^b  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Cow; Dairy; Epidemiology; Nematode; Subclinical

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATTLE FARMING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY CATTLE; FECES ANALYSIS; FOOD INTAKE; GRAZING; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PASTURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; ENGLAND; FEMALE; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; NEMATODA; OSTERTAGIA;

EID: 34247281403     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.02.020     Document Type: Article

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