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Environmental contamination and transmission of Ascaris suum in Danish organic pig farms

BACKGROUND: Although Ascaris suum is the most common pig nematode, the on-farm transmission dynamics are not well described. METHODS: We performed a 1-year field study on five organic pig farms, mapping egg contamination levels in pens and pasture soil as well as faecal egg counts in starter pigs, f...

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Autores principales: Katakam, Kiran K., Thamsborg, Stig M., Dalsgaard, Anders, Kyvsgaard, Niels C., Mejer, Helena
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4748593/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26860206
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-016-1349-0