Haemonchosis and teladorsagiosis in a Scottish sheep flock putatively associated with the overwintering of hypobiotic fourth stage larvae

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 147, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 326-331

  Sargison, N D ^a   Wilson, D J ^a   Bartley, D J ^b   Penny, C D ^a   Jackson, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Haemonchosis; Hypobiosis; Parasitic gastroenteritis; Scotland; Sheep; Teladorsagiosis

Indexed keywords

COMBINEX; IVERMECTIN; LEVACIDE; LEVAMISOLE; OXFENDAZOLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EWE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; LARVA; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE SURVIVAL; SHEEP DISEASE; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; SUPERINFECTION; TELADORSAGIA CIRCUMCINTA;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; FEMALE; HAEMONCHIASIS; IVERMECTIN; LARVA; SCOTLAND; SEASONS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TIME FACTORS;

ARMERIA; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 34250652942     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.04.011     Document Type: Article

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