Ostertagia ostertagi in first-season grazing cattle in Belgium, Germany and Sweden: General levels of infection and related management practices

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 171, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 91-98

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

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cattle; Cooperia; Ostertagia; Parasite control; Pasture management; Pepsinogen

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; PEPSINOGEN;

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CATTLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GERMANY; GRAZING; HERD; HUMAN; INFORMATION; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; OSTERTAGIA OSTERTAGI; PARASITE CONTROL; PASTURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEASON; SWEDEN;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; LINEAR MODELS; OSTERTAGIA; OSTERTAGIASIS; PEPSINOGEN A; QUESTIONNAIRES;

BOS; COOPERIA; NEMATODA; OSTERTAGIA; OSTERTAGIA OSTERTAGI;

EID: 77953610985     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.03.006     Document Type: Article

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