Real-time PCR evaluation of strongylus vulgaris in horses on farms in Denmark and Central Kentucky

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 190, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 461-466

  Nielsen, M K ^a   Olsen, S N ^b   Lyons, E T ^a   Monrad, J ^b   Thamsborg, S M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Larval culture; Prevalence; Real time PCR; Strongylus vulgaris; Treatment intensity

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DNA EXTRACTION; FECES ANALYSIS; HORSE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARVAL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRONGYLUS VULGARIS; UNITED STATES; WORM EXPULSION;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; DENMARK; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; KENTUCKY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; STRONGYLUS;

EQUIDAE; STRONGYLUS VULGARIS; VERMES;

EID: 84868200456     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2012.07.018     Document Type: Article

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