Analysis of multiyear studies in horses in Kentucky to ascertain whether counts of eggs and larvae per gram of feces are reliable indicators of numbers of strongyles and ascarids present

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 174, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 77-84

  Nielsen, M K ^a   Baptiste, K E ^a   Tolliver, S C ^b   Collins, S S ^b   Lyons, E T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic; Egg count; Horse; Larval culture; Validation

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; ASCARID INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FECES ANALYSIS; HELMINTH; HORSE DISEASE; LARVAL STAGE; NONHUMAN; PARASCARIS EQUORUM; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PREDICTION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRONGYLE INFECTION; STRONGYLOIDEA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ASCARIDIDA INFECTIONS; ASCARIDOIDEA; FECES; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; KENTUCKY; LARVA; PARASITE EGG COUNT; STRONGYLE INFECTIONS, EQUINE; STRONGYLOIDEA;

EQUIDAE; NEMATODA; PARASCARIS EQUORUM; STRONGYLES; STRONGYLUS;

EID: 78049368057     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.08.007     Document Type: Article

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