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The dynamics of genetically marked Ascaris suum infections in pigs.
Parasitology - 1 Feb 2009
Nejsum P, Roepstorff A, Anderson T J C, Jørgensen C, Fredholm M, Thamsborg S M
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SUMMARY: The genotypes of both host and parasite may influence the outcome of parasitic infections, but few attempts have been made to quantify the effect of parasite genotype on macroparasite infections of socio-economic importance. We examined variation in particular traits during the infection in pigs with the parasitic nematode Ascaris suum. We infected 26 pigs with mixtures of equal proportions of...
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