Impact of gastrointestinal parasitic nematodes of sheep, and the role of advanced molecular tools for exploring epidemiology and drug resistance - An Australian perspective

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Roeber, Florian ^a   Jex, Aaron R ^a   Gasser, Robin B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Drug resistance; Epidemiology; Gastrointestinal nematodes; Molecular methods; Small ruminants (including sheep and goats); Strongylida

Indexed keywords

AMINOACETONITRILE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; AVERMECTIN DERIVATIVE; BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; DERQUANTEL; IMIDAZOTHIAZOLE; MACROLIDE; MILBEMYCIN DERIVATIVE; MONEPANTEL; PHENOTHIAZINE DERIVATIVE; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE; RAIN; SPIROINDOLE; TETRAHYDROPYRIMIDINE; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AUSTRALIA; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOLOGY; BOVIDS; CLIMATE; COOPERIA; COOPERIA CURTICEI; DRUG RESISTANCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; GENOMICS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAEMONCHOSIS; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; LIFE CYCLE; LIVESTOCK; MORPHOLOGY; NEMATODIASIS; NEMATODIRUS; NEMATODIRUS ABNORMALIS; NEMATODIRUS FILLICOLLIS; NEMATODIRUS SPATHIGER; NONHUMAN; OESOPHAGOSTOMUM; OESOPHAGOSTOMUM VENULOSUM; PARASITE CONTROL; REVIEW; SHEEP; STRONGYLIDA; STRONGYLOIDES; SUMMER; SURVIVAL; TELADORSAGIA; TELADORSAGIA CIRCUMCINCTA; TRICHOSTRONGYLOIDEA; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; WINTER;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; DRUG RESISTANCE; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; NEMATODA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

CAPRA HIRCUS; NEMATODA; OVIS ARIES; STRONGYLIDA;

EID: 84878093796     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-6-153     Document Type: Review

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