Development of a faecal occult blood test to determine the severity of Haemonchus contortus infections in sheep

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 153, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 93-99

  Colditz, Ian G ^a,b   Le Jambre, Leo F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical test; Faecal occult blood test; Haemonchus species; Hemastix

Indexed keywords

GUAIACOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASSAY; COCCIDIOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; FASCIOLIASIS; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; OCCULT BLOOD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; TRICHOSTRONGYLOSIS; VALIDATION STUDY; WORM EGG;

ANIMALS; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HAEMONCHIASIS; HAEMONCHUS; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HAEMONCHUS; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 41349089677     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.01.025     Document Type: Article

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