Inactivation of ascaris eggs in source-separated urine and feces by ammonia at ambient temperatures

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 662-667

  Nordin, Annika ^a,b   Nyberg, Karin ^b   Vinnerås, Björn ^a,b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT TEMPERATURES; ASCARIS EGGS; ASCARIS SUUM; DISEASE TRANSMISSIONS; FECAL MATERIALS; HUMAN EXCRETA; HUMAN FECES; PLANT NUTRIENTS; SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENTS; TAP WATERS;

AMMONIA; BODY FLUIDS; METABOLISM; UREA; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

UREA FERTILIZERS;

AMMONIA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EGG; FECES; NEMATODE; SANITATION; URINE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ASCARIS SUUM; FECES; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; SANITATION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; UREA; URINE;

ASCARIS; ASCARIS SUUM;

EID: 59649083223     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01250-08     Document Type: Article

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