Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8991073 | Veterinary Parasitology | 2005 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
One hundred compost samples were examined for the presence of nematophagous fungi on the sheep farms of Mazanderan, province, Iran. Arthrobotrys cladodes var. macroides (IRAN 677CÂ =Â CBS 143565) was isolated from 3% of the samples examined. Nematophagous activity of this fungus which was shown for the first time in this study, revealed the addition of 1000, 8000, 20Â 000 and 100Â 000 conidia per gram of feces of sheep reduced significantly (PÂ <Â 0.001) the number of Haemonchus contortus infective larvae in the feces by 41.71%, 63, 27%, 73.49% and 94.96%, respectively. These results show that A. cladodes var. macroides is a promising candidate for biological control of H. contortus.
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Authors
A. Eslami, S. Ranjbar-Bahadori, R. Zare, M. Razzaghi-Abyaneh,