Ascarid infections in laying hens kept in different housing systems

Avian Pathology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 525-532

  Jansson, Désirée S ^a,b   Nyman, Ann ^a   Vågsholm, Ivar ^b   Christensson, Dan ^a   Göransson, Magnus ^c   Fossum, Oddvar ^a   Höglund, Johan ^b  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c The Swedish Egg and Poultry Association   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; ASCARIDOIDEA; BIRD DISEASE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHICKEN; FECES; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HYGIENE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; SWEDEN;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ASCARIDIDA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHICKENS; FECES; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HYGIENE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; POULTRY DISEASES; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 78650133474     PISSN: 03079457     EISSN: 14653338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03079457.2010.527923     Document Type: Article

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