Epidemiology and risk factors for exposure to gastrointestinal nematodes in dairy herds in northwestern Europe

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 173, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 247-254

  Bennema, Sita C ^a   Vercruysse, Jozef ^a   Morgan, Eric ^b   Stafford, Kathryn ^b   Höglund, Johan ^c   Demeler, Janina ^d   von Samson Himmelstjerna, Georg ^d   Charlier, Johannes ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dairy cattle; Epidemiology; Europe; Gastrointestinal nematodes; Management; Ostertagia ostertagi

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRYING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXPOSURE VARIABLE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERMANY; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; HELMINTHIASIS; HERD; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; INTESTINE PARASITE; IRELAND; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; OSTERTAGIA OSTERTAGI; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CLIMATE; EUROPE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; LINEAR MODELS; MILK; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEMATODA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS;

BOS; NEMATODA; OSTERTAGIA OSTERTAGI;

EID: 77957800158     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.07.002     Document Type: Article

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