Effects of pastures' re-wetting on endoparasites in cattle in northern Germany

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 161, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 302-306

  Kemper, N ^a   Henze, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cattle; Eimeria; Extensification; Fasciola; Gastrointestinal nematodes; Grassland; Lungworms

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATTLE; EIMERIA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FECES ANALYSIS; GERMANY; GRAZING; LARVA; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PASTURELAND; PREVALENCE; SEASON; SUMMER; TREMATODE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GERMANY; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; RAIN;

ANIMALIA; BOS; EIMERIA; FASCIOLA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; METASTRONGYLOIDEA; NEMATODA; TREMATODA;

EID: 64549104591     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.01.025     Document Type: Article

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