Parasite population dynamics in pigs infected with Trichuris suis and Oesophagostomum dentatum

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 199, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 73-80

  Petersen, Heidi Huus ^a   Andreasen, Annette ^a   Kringel, Helene ^a   Roepstorff, Allan ^a   Thamsborg, Stig M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Concurrent infection; Interaction; Oesophagostomum dentatum; Pigs; Trichuris suis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OESOPHAGOSTOMUM; OESOPHAGOSTOMUM DENTATUM; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE LOAD; PARASITE LOCALIZATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SWINE; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS; WEIGHT GAIN; WORM;

ANIMALIA; OESOPHAGOSTOMUM DENTATUM; SUIDAE; TRICHURIS; TRICHURIS SUIS; VERMES;

CONCURRENT INFECTION; INTERACTION; OESOPHAGOSTOMUM DENTATUM; PIGS; TRICHURIS SUIS;

ANIMALS; COINFECTION; FECES; INTESTINES; OESOPHAGOSTOMIASIS; OESOPHAGOSTOMUM; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PARASITE LOAD; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84888349244     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2013.09.030     Document Type: Article

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