Strongylus vulgaris associated with usage of selective therapy on Danish horse farms-Is it reemerging?

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 189, Issue 2-4, 2012, Pages 260-266

  Nielsen, M K ^a   Vidyashankar, A N ^b   Olsen, S N ^a   Monrad, J ^a   Thamsborg, S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study   (United States)

Author keywords

Prescription only; Reemergence; Selective therapy; Strongylus vulgaris

Indexed keywords

ANTINEMATODAL AGENT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FARM ANIMAL; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HORSE; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MICROFILARIA (NEMATODE LARVA); NONHUMAN; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE PREVALENCE; REINFECTION; STRONGYLE INFECTION; STRONGYLUS VULGARIS; WORM EXPULSION;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; DENMARK; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; STRONGYLUS;

EQUIDAE; NEMATODA; STRONGYLIDA; STRONGYLUS VULGARIS;

EID: 84866272033     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2012.04.039     Document Type: Article

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