Effect of longitude and latitude on fecal egg and oocyst counts in cow-calf beef herds from the United States Northern Great Plains

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 149, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 207-212

  Hildreth, M B ^a   Epperson, W B ^a   Mertz, K J ^a  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coccidian; Gastrointestinal parasites; Great Plains; Latitude; Longitude; Moniezia; Nematodirus; Trichostrongyle nematodes; Trichuris; United States

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BEEF CATTLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COW; FECES ANALYSIS; GRAZING; HELMINTH; HERD; LATITUDE; LONGITUDE; MEASUREMENT; NEMATODE; NEMATODIRUS; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; TRICHOSTRONGYLOSIS; TRICHURIS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FECES; FEMALE; MALE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; OOCYSTS; OVUM; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL;

COCCIDIA; MONEZIA; MONIEZIA; NEMATODA; NEMATODIRUS; TRICHOSTRONGYLE; TRICHURIS; VERMES;

EID: 34848890871     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.07.017     Document Type: Article

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