Development and survival of Haemonchus contortus infective larvae derived from sheep faeces under sub-tropical conditions in the Potohar region of Pakistan

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 85-92

  Chaudary, Farhana Riaz ^a   Qayyum, Mazhar ^a   Miller, James E ^b  

^a PMAS ARID AGRICULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Haemonchous contortus; Infective larvae; Pakistan; Sheep; Subtropical conditions; Survival

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FECES; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HAEMONCHUS; HUMIDITY; LARVA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROCLIMATE; PAKISTAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; POACEAE; SEASON; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; SUNLIGHT; TEMPERATURE; TIME; TRICHOSTRONGYLOSIS; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; FECES; FEMALE; HAEMONCHIASIS; HAEMONCHUS; HUMIDITY; LARVA; MALE; MICROCLIMATE; PAKISTAN; PARASITE EGG COUNT; POACEAE; RAIN; SEASONS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SUNLIGHT; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 38349128849     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-007-9037-x     Document Type: Article

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