A survey of the trichostrongylid nematode species present on UK sheep farms and associated anthelmintic control practices

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 189, Issue 2-4, 2012, Pages 299-307

  Burgess, Charlotte G S ^a   Bartley, Yvonne ^a   Redman, Elizabeth ^b   Skuce, Philip J ^a   Nath, Mintu ^c   Whitelaw, Fiona ^b   Tait, Andrew ^b   Gilleard, John S ^d   Jackson, Frank ^a  

^a MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c BIOMATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d Faculty of Veterinary Medicine   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anthelmintic resistance; Parasite control; Sheep; Trichostrongylid nematodes

Indexed keywords

BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; LEVAMISOLE; MACROLIDE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FARMING SYSTEM; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; HUMAN; MICROFILARIA (NEMATODE LARVA); NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHEEP FARMING; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; TELADORSAGIA CIRCUMCINCTA; TRICHOSTRONGYLOIDEA; TRICHOSTRONGYLOSIS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS VITRINUS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; DATA COLLECTION; FECES; GREAT BRITAIN; NEMATODA; QUESTIONNAIRES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; NEMATODA; OVIS ARIES; TELADORSAGIA CIRCUMCINCTA; TRICHOSTRONGYLIDAE; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS VITRINUS;

EID: 84866276621     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2012.04.009     Document Type: Article

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