Effects of fecal collection and storage factors on strongylid egg counts in horses

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 55-61

  Nielsen, M K ^a   Vidyashankar, A N ^b   Andersen, U V ^a   DeLisi, K ^c   Pilegaard, K ^a   Kaplan, R M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fecal egg count; Horse; Storage; Strongyle; Temperature; Time

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FECES ANALYSIS; FREEZING; HORSE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATERIALS HANDLING; NONHUMAN; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; STRONGYLOIDEA; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE; DENMARK; FECES; GEORGIA; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SPECIMEN HANDLING; STRONGYLIDA; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EQUIDAE; STRONGYLIDA;

EID: 71849117086     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.09.043     Document Type: Article

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