Variation in fecal egg counts in horses managed for conservation purposes: Individual egg shedding consistency, age effects and seasonal variation

Parasitology

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 115-128

  D wood, E L ^a   Matthews, J B ^b   Stephenson, S ^c   Slote, M ^d   Nussey, D H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c BROADS AUTHORITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Bewick House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

age; climate; consistency; cyathostomins; faecal egg counts; horses; nematodes

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; RAIN;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYATHOSTOMIN; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HORSE; INTESTINE PARASITE; MALE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; CLIMATE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FECES; GREAT BRITAIN; HORSES; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SEASONS; STRONGYLE INFECTIONS, EQUINE;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; NEMATODA;

EID: 84872051076     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003118201200128X     Document Type: Article

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