Predatory activity of Pochonia chlamydosporia fungus on Toxocara (syn. Neoascaris) vitulorum eggs

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 309-314

  Braga, Fabio R ^a   Ferreira, Sebastião R ^a   Araújo, Jackson V ^a,b   Araujo, Juliana M ^a   Silva, André R ^a   Carvalho, Rogério O ^a   Campos, Artur K ^c   Freitas, Leandro G ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^b Scholarship CNPq   (Brazil)

^c UNIVICOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biological control; Nematophagous fungi; Pochonia chlamydosporia; Toxocara vitulorum

Indexed keywords

BOS; BOVIDAE; FUNGI; NEMATODA; NEOASCARIS; POCHONIA CHLAMYDOSPORIA; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARA VITULORUM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; HYPOCREALES; IN VITRO STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARIASIS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; HYPOCREALES; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARIASIS;

EID: 77951217469     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-009-9422-8     Document Type: Article

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