Gastrointestinal nematode infections in adult dairy cattle: Impact on production, diagnosis and control

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 70-79

  Charlier, Johannes ^a   Höglund, Johan ^b   von Samson Himmelstjerna, Georg ^c   Dorny, Pierre ^a   Vercruysse, Jozef ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cattle; Control; Dairy; Diagnosis; Gastrointestinal nematodes; Milk production; Ostertagia

Indexed keywords

EPRINOMECTIN; IVERMECTIN; MOXIDECTIN; PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ADULT ANIMAL; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CATTLE FARMING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; DAIRY CATTLE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG RESPONSE; FINANCE; HERD; MICROFILARIA (NEMATODE LARVA); MILK YIELD; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; OSTERTAGIA OSTERTAGI; PARASITE CONTROL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; LACTATION; NEMATODE INFECTIONS;

ANIMALIA; BOS; NEMATODA; OSTERTAGIA; OSTERTAGIA OSTERTAGI;

EID: 69549130737     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.04.012     Document Type: Article

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