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J Helminthol

Title:		An attempt to implement the nematode-trapping fungus Duddingtonia flagrans in biological control of trichostrongyle infections of first year grazing calves
Author(s):		Wolstrup J; Gronvold J; Henriksen SA; Nansen P; Larsen M; Bogh HO; Ilsoe B;
Address:		"Department of Ecology and Molecular Biology, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Frederiksberg, Denmark"
Journal Title:		J Helminthol
Year:		1994
Volume:		68
Issue:		2
Page Number:		175 - 180
DOI:		10.1017/s0022149x00013729
ISSN/ISBN:		0022-149X (Print) 0022-149X (Linking)
Abstract:		"An attempt was made to control Ostertagia ostertagi by feeding the nematode-trapping fungus Duddingtonia flagrans (DSM 6703) to grazing calves. One group of calves (group E) was fed the fungal material in the first two months of the grazing season while another group was a non-treated control group (group C). Group E showed significantly lower faecal egg count in August and September. On four occasions in July and September, the herbage larval counts were significantly lower on the plot with the fungal-treated group than those recorded on the control plot. The average abomasal larval and adult worm counts were significantly reduced in August in group E and the average total worm count in the abomasum of group E was reduced by 87% in August compared to the non-treated group C. In October, the difference in average abomasal worm counts between group E and C was insignificant. Due to weight loss at the end of the grazing season, the control group showed a significantly lower average weight increase"
Keywords:		"Abomasum/parasitology Animals Body Weight Cattle Cattle Diseases/*prevention & control Feces/parasitology Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic/prevention & control/veterinary Intestine, Small/parasitology Male Mitosporic Fungi/growth & development/*physiology O;"
Notes:		"MedlineWolstrup, J Gronvold, J Henriksen, S A Nansen, P Larsen, M Bogh, H O Ilsoe, B eng Clinical Trial Controlled Clinical Trial Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't England 1994/06/01 J Helminthol. 1994 Jun; 68(2):175-80. doi: 10.1017/s0022149x00013729"