- Title
- Current status for gastrointestinal nematode diagnosis in small ruminants: where are we and where are we going?
- Creator
- Preston, Sarah; Sandeman, Mark; Gonzalez, Jorge; Piedrafita, David
- Date
- 2014
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/94785
- Identifier
- vital:10048
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/210350
- Identifier
- ISSN:2314-8861
- Abstract
- Gastrointestinal nematode (GIN) parasites pose a significant economic burden particularly in small ruminant production systems. Anthelmintic resistance is a serious concern to the effective control of GIN parasites and has fuelled the focus to design and promote sustainable control of practices of parasite control. Many facets of sustainable GIN parasite control programs rely on the ability to diagnose infection both qualitatively and quantitatively. Diagnostics are required to determine anthelmintic efficacies, for targeted treatment programs and selection of animals for parasite resistant breeding. This review describes much of the research investigated to date to improve the current diagnostic for the above practices which is based on counting the number of parasite eggs in faeces.
- Relation
- Journal of immunology research Vol. 2014, no. September (2014), p. Article no. 210350
- Rights
- Copyright © 2014 Sarah Jane Margaret Preston et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
- Rights
- Open Access
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- Anthelmintic agent; Helminth antibody; Animal; Drug effects; Gastrointestinal Diseases; Host parasite interaction; Immunology; Nematode; Nematode Infections; Parasite identification; Parasitology; Physiology; Anthelmintics; Antibodies, Helminth; Feces; Host-Parasite Interactions; Nematoda; Parasite Egg Count; Ruminants
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