A technique for the quantification of Duddingtonia flagrans chlamydospores in sheep faeces

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 152, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 339-343

  Ojeda Robertos, N F ^a   Torres Acosta, J F J ^a   Ayala Burgos, A ^a   Aguilar Caballero, A J ^a   Cob Galera, L A ^a   Mendoza de Gives, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES FORESTALES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Chlamydospore quantification; Duddingtonia flagrans; McMaster technique; Sheep faeces

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOSPORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUDDINGTONIA; FECES ANALYSIS; FLOTATION; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; ASCOMYCOTA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FECES; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SPORES, FUNGAL;

ANIMALIA; DUDDINGTONIA FLAGRANS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 40449138211     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.12.023     Document Type: Article

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