Evaluation of biological control of sheep parasites using Duddingtonia flagrans under commercial farming conditions on the island of Gotland, Sweden

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 299-315

  Waller, P J ^a   Schwan, O ^b   Ljungstrom B L ^c   Rydzik, A ^a   Yeates, G W ^d  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Sweden ^*  (Sweden)

^c Box 33   (Sweden)

^d LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biological control; Duddingtonia flagrans; Farmer trials; Sheep Nematoda

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUDDINGTONIA; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS SPORE; HERD; LAMB; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PASTURE; SHEEP FARMING; SPRING; SUMMER; SWEDEN; WEIGHT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ASCOMYCOTA; FECES; FEMALE; NEMATODA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PREGNANCY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SOIL; SWEDEN; WEIGHT GAIN;

DUDDINGTONIA FLAGRANS; FUNGI; NEMATODA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; TELADORSAGIA CIRCUMCINCTA; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS;

EID: 9644281574     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2004.08.008     Document Type: Article

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