Distribution and species-specific occurrence of cyathostomins (Nematoda, Strongylida) in naturally infected horses from Italy, United Kingdom and Germany

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 168, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 84-92

  Traversa, Donato ^a   Milillo, Piermarino ^a   Barnes, Helen ^b   von Samson Himmelstjerna, Georg ^c   Schurmann, Sandra ^c   Demeler, Janina ^c   Otranto, Domenico ^d   Lia, Riccardo P ^d   Perrucci, Stefania ^e   Frangipane di Regalbono, Antonio ^f   Beraldo, Paola ^g   Amodie, Deborah ^b   Rohn, Karl ^c   Cobb, Rami ^b   Boeckh, Albert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TERAMO   (Italy)

^b Fort Dodge Animal Health ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cyathostomins; Epidemiology; Europe; Horse; Identification

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYATHOSTHOMUM CATINATUM; CYATHOSTHOMUM PATERATUM; CYLICOCYCLUS GOLDI; CYLICOCYCLUS NASSATUS; CYLICOSTEPHANUS LONGIBURSATUS; FECES ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERMANY; HORSE DISEASE; ITALY; LARVA; MICROSCOPY; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; EUROPE; FECES; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; LARVA; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREVALENCE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRONGYLIDA; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS;

ANIMALIA; CYATHOSTOMUM CATINATUM; CYATHOSTOMUM PATERATUM; CYLICOCYCLUS; CYLICOCYCLUS NASSATUS; CYLICOSTEPHANUS LONGIBURSATUS; EQUIDAE; NEMATODA; STRONGYLIDA;

EID: 75749090335     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.10.006     Document Type: Article

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