Relative importance of management, meteorological and environmental factors in the spatial distribution of Fasciola hepatica in dairy cattle in a temperate climate zone

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 225-233

  Bennema, S C ^a   Ducheyne, E ^b   Vercruysse, J ^a   Claerebout, E ^a   Hendrickx, G ^b   Charlier, J ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b AVIA GIS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cattle; Climate; Fasciola hepatica; Geographic Information System; Management; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; DAIRY FARMING; FLATWORM; GIS; GRAZING; PARASITE; RISK FACTOR; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BELGIUM; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAIRY CATTLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PASTURE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; BELGIUM; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CLIMATE; DEMOGRAPHY; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MILK;

BOS; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; TREMATODA;

EID: 79151469284     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2010.09.003     Document Type: Article

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