Do stocking rate and a simple run management practice influence the infection of laying hens with gastrointestinal helminths?

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 60-68

  Heckendorn, F ^a   Haring D A ^b,c   Amsler, Z ^a   Maurer, V ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC AGRICULTURE FIBL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ascaridia galli; Heterakis gallinarum; Laying hen; Management; Organic farming; Outdoor run

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCARIDIA GALLI; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEN; HETERAKIS GALLINARUM; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; POULTRY; SWITZERLAND;

ANIMALS; ASCARIDIA; CAROTENOIDS; CHICKENS; CROWDING; FECES; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; HELMINTHS; HOUSING, ANIMAL; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; PARASITE EGG COUNT; POPULATION DENSITY; POULTRY DISEASES; SOIL; SWITZERLAND;

ANIMALIA; ASCARIDIA GALLI; HETERAKIS GALLINARUM; VERMES;

EID: 57749202041     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.10.013     Document Type: Article

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