Poultry litter as a source of gastrointestinal helminth infections

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 161, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 255-260

  Maurer, V ^a   Amsler, Z ^a   Perler, E ^a   Heckendorn, F ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC AGRICULTURE FIBL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ascaridia galli; Capillaria spp.; Heterakis gallinarum; Laying hen; Litter; Management; Organic farming

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIDIA; CAPILLARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; HELMINTH; HELMINTHIASIS; HEN; HETERAKIS GALLINARUM; NONHUMAN; POULTRY; PREVALENCE; WATER CONTENT; WORM INFECTION;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; FECES; FEMALE; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; HELMINTHS; HOUSING, ANIMAL; PARASITE EGG COUNT; POULTRY DISEASES; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; ASCARIDIA GALLI; CAPILLARIA; HETERAKIS GALLINARUM; NEMATODA; VERMES;

EID: 64749098315     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.01.020     Document Type: Article

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