Assessing the efficacy of Duddingtonia flagrans chlamydospores per gram of faeces to control Haemonchus contortus larvae

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 158, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 329-335

  Ojeda Robertos, Nadia Florencia ^a   Torres Acosta, Juan Felipe de Jesus ^a   Aguilar Caballero, Armando Jacinto ^a   Ayala Burgos, Armín ^a   Cob Galera, Ligia Amira ^a   Sandoval Castro, Carlos Alfredo ^a   Barrientos Medina, Roberto Carlos ^a   Mendoza de Gives, Pedro ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES FORESTALES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Duddingtonia flagrans; Faecal chlamydospores count; Haemonchus contortus; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOSPORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUDDINGTONIA; FECES MICROFLORA; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MALE; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; FECES; FUNGI; HAEMONCHIASIS; HAEMONCHUS; LARVA; MALE; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SPORES, FUNGAL;

ANIMALIA; DUDDINGTONIA FLAGRANS; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 56749131628     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.08.022     Document Type: Article

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