Efficacy of the nematode-trapping fungus Duddingtonia flagrans against infections by Haemonchus and Trichostrongylus species in lambs at pasture

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 387-392

  Rocha, R A ^a   Araujo J V ^b   Amarante, A F T ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; DUDDINGTONIA FLAGRANS EXTRACT; LEVAMISOLE; METRIFONATE; NEGUVON; TETRAMISOLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DUDDINGTONIA; FEEDING; FEMALE; FRANCE; FUNGUS; HAEMONCHUS; HEMATOCRIT; LAMB; MYCELIUM; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PASTURE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ASCOMYCOTA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FECES; HAEMONCHIASIS; HAEMONCHUS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SHEEP, DOMESTIC; SPORES, FUNGAL; TRICHOSTRONGYLOSIS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS;

ANIMALIA; DUDDINGTONIA FLAGRANS; FUNGI; HAEMONCHUS; NEMATODA; OVIS ARIES; TRICHOSTRONGYLE; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS;

EID: 36849086497     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022149X07853697     Document Type: Article

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