Trapping Behaviour of Duddingtonia flagrans against Gastrointestinal Nematodes of Cattle under Year-Round Grazing Conditions
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Experimental Site
2.2. Experimental Design
2.3. Faecal Cultures
2.4. Herbage Sampling
2.5. Faecal Pats Recovering
2.6. Experimental Setup Differences Due to Seasonality
2.7. Fungal Material
2.8. Parasitological Procedures
2.9. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Winter | Spring | Summer | Autumn | |||||
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Control | Fungus | Control | Fungus | Control | Fungus | Control | Fungus | |
Ostertagia | 33.1 (8.452) | 33.6 (4.695) | 63.1 (16.84) | 68.44 (15.07) | 48.8 (9.762) | 49.56 (21.93) | 31.92 (8.835) | 54.29 (34.83) |
Haemonchus | 13.7 (3.234) | 11.4 (4.624) | 16.64 (11.54) | 4.74 (6.888) | 15.2 (10.46) | 22.56 (16.91) | 18.56 (5.688) | 16.55 (21.33) |
Trichostrongylus | 22.5 (7.487) | 22.2 (15.01) | 16.57 (10.04) | 5.37 (5.852) | 21.2 (6.812) | 11.78 (16.0) | 18.75 (10.65) | 13.44 (12.30) |
Cooperia | 30.7 (3.622) | 32.8 (13.34) | 2.55 (3.951) | 19.9 (13.21) | 10.8 (4.237) | 4.33 (5.431) | 22.95 (9.555) | 13.13 (16.77) |
Oesophagostomum | 0 | 0 | 1.15 (1.498) | 1.55 (3.259) | 4.0 (3.266) | 11.78 (13.26) | 7.82 (3.297) | 2.60 (4.943) |
Winter | Spring | Summer | Autumn | |||||
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Control | Fungus | Control | Fungus | Control | Fungus | Control | Fungus | |
Ostertagia | 47.5 (5.206) | 48.63 (9.086) | 37.02 (23.33) | 52.19 (27.00) | 41.5 (12.01) | 53.16 (13.23) | 29.72 (5.414) | 35.65 (15.03) |
Haemonchus | 3.67 (3.445) | 3.5 (2.976) | 17.96 (11.76) | 10.29 (11.63) | 18.64 (12.65) | 10.85 (9.386) | 16.26 (3.094) | 11.39 (11.20) |
Trichostrongylus | 4.0 (4.899) | 9.13 (4.704) | 4.98 (6.943) | 6.59 (6.539) | 18.12 (12.67) | 19.75 (14.97) | 23.51 (8.352) | 15.63 (10.87) |
Cooperia | 28.5 (4.461) | 36.75 (5.339) | 31.24 (17.71) | 29.96 (14.71) | 12.42 (11.53) | 7.92 (7.883) | 30.51 (5.616) | 37.33 (16.76) |
Oesophagostomum | 0 | 0 | 5.72 (8.501) | 0.98 (1.806) | 9.3 (8.830) | 8.32 (7.108) | 0 | 0 |
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Fernández, S.; Zegbi, S.; Sagües, F.; Iglesias, L.; Guerrero, I.; Saumell, C. Trapping Behaviour of Duddingtonia flagrans against Gastrointestinal Nematodes of Cattle under Year-Round Grazing Conditions. Pathogens 2023, 12, 401. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens12030401
Fernández S, Zegbi S, Sagües F, Iglesias L, Guerrero I, Saumell C. Trapping Behaviour of Duddingtonia flagrans against Gastrointestinal Nematodes of Cattle under Year-Round Grazing Conditions. Pathogens. 2023; 12(3):401. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens12030401
Chicago/Turabian StyleFernández, Silvina, Sara Zegbi, Federica Sagües, Lucía Iglesias, Inés Guerrero, and Carlos Saumell. 2023. "Trapping Behaviour of Duddingtonia flagrans against Gastrointestinal Nematodes of Cattle under Year-Round Grazing Conditions" Pathogens 12, no. 3: 401. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens12030401
APA StyleFernández, S., Zegbi, S., Sagües, F., Iglesias, L., Guerrero, I., & Saumell, C. (2023). Trapping Behaviour of Duddingtonia flagrans against Gastrointestinal Nematodes of Cattle under Year-Round Grazing Conditions. Pathogens, 12(3), 401. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens12030401