Effect of the nematophagous fungus Pochonia chlamydosporia on soil content of ascarid eggs and infection levels in exposed hens

Effect of the nematophagous fungus Pochonia chlamydosporia on soil content of ascarid eggs and infection levels in exposed hens

Abstract Background The nematophagous fungus Pochonia chlamydosporia can degrade ascarid (e.g. Ascaridia galli) eggs in agar and soil in vitro. However, it has not been investigated how this translates to reduced infection levels in naturally exposed chickens. We thus tested the infectivity of soil...

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Main Authors: Sundar Thapa, Stig M. Thamsborg, Rui Wang, Nicolai V. Meyling, Tina S. Dalgaard, Heidi H. Petersen, Helena Mejer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-05-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
Subjects:
Ascaridia galli
Heterakis gallinarum
Fungus
Biological control
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13071-018-2898-1

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