Biological control of horse cyathostomin (Nematoda: Cyathostominae) using the nematophagous fungus Duddingtonia flagrans in tropical southeastern Brazil

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 163, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 335-340

  Braga, Fabio Ribeiro ^a   Araújo, Jackson Victor ^a   Silva, André Ricardo ^a   Araujo, Juliana Milani ^a   Carvalho, Rogério Oliva ^a   Tavela, Alexandre Oliveira ^a   Campos, Artur Kanadani ^b   Carvalho, Giovanni Ribeiro ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^b Faculdade de Ciencias Biologicas e da Saude   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biological control; Cyathostomin; Duddingtonia flagrans; Horse; Nematophagous fungus

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; CENTURION VALLE; IVERMECTIN; PYRANTEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS BREEDING; CYATHOSTOMINAE; CYNODON; DUDDINGTONIA; FECES ANALYSIS; FUNGUS CULTURE; HERBAGE; HORSE; MALE; MYCELIUM; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PASTURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WEIGHT GAIN; WORM EXPULSION;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; FECES; FEMALE; HORSES; LARVA; MITOSPORIC FUNGI; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; POACEAE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; STRONGYLE INFECTIONS, EQUINE; STRONGYLOIDEA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALIA; CYATHOSTOMINAE; DUDDINGTONIA FLAGRANS; EQUIDAE; FUNGI; NEMATODA;

EID: 68049139261     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.05.003     Document Type: Article

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