Serum pepsinogen levels to monitor gastrointestinal nematode infections in cattle revisited

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 451-456

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

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anthelmintic resistance; Cattle; Cooperia; Diagnosis; Gastrointestinal; Nematoda; Ostertagia; Pepsinogen

Indexed keywords

ANTINEMATODAL AGENT; PEPSINOGEN;

ARTICLE; CALF (BOVINE); CATTLE DISEASE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HERD; INFECTION CONTROL; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAMPLE SIZE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BELGIUM; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PEPSINOGEN A; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLE SIZE;

ANIMALIA; BOS; COOPERIA; NEMATODA; OSTERTAGIA;

EID: 79955475532     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2010.06.029     Document Type: Article

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