Alternative approaches to control of parasites in livestock: Nordic and Baltic perspectives

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Volume 52 Supplement 1 October 2010

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Parasite infections of domestic animals in the Nordic countries –

emerging threats and challenges. Proceedings of the 22nd

Symposium of the Nordic Committee for Veterinary Scientii c

Cooperation (NKVet)

Helsinki, Finland

7-9 September 2008

The Scientific Programme Committee and the NKVet would like to thank the Nordic Joint Committee for Agricultural Research which made this Symposium financially possible.

The Committee and the NKVet would also like to thank the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland for financial support and Finnish Food Safety Authority, Evira, for hosting the Symposium.

Scientii c Programme Committee Chair

Antti Oksanen, Finland

Members

Carl Fredrik Ihler, Norway Eva Osterman-Lind, Sweden Sigurður Sigurðsson, Iceland Stig M Thamsborg, Denmark

The NKVet Board Chair

Tuula Honkanen-Buzalski, Finland

Secretary

Pia Vennerström, Finland

Members

Terttu Katila, Finland Vibeke Dantzer, Denmark Vibeke Sørensen, Denmark Thorsteinn Ólafsson, Iceland Anders Engvall, Sweden Arvid Uggla, Sweden Tore Tollesrud, Norway Anders Haga, Norway Pirkko Nousiainen, Finland

Local Organizing Committee Chair

Tuula Honkanen-Buzalski

Members

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Contents continued

S18 Coccidiosis in farmed silver foxes (Vulpes vulpes) and blue foxes (Alopex lagopus) in Finland: a case report

Tapio Juokslahti, Teija Kerhonen and Antti Oksanen

S19 Haemonchosis in a sheep flock in North Finland

Saana-Maaria Manninen and Antti Oksanen

S20 Comparative evaluation of efficiency of traditional McMaster chamber and newly designed chamber for the enumeration of nematode eggs

Asta Pereckiene, Saulius Petkevicius and Antanas Vysniauskas

S21 Metastrongylus spp. infection in a farmed wild boar (Sus scrofa) in Finland

Paula Syrjälä, Antti Oksanen, Outi Hälli, Olli Peltoniemi and Mari Heinonen

S22 Rare canine parasites survive in the wild fox population

Marja Isomursu, Niina Salin and Antti Oksanen

S23 Control of livestock ectoparasites with entomopathogenic fungi: a review

Stephan Abolins and Richard Wall

S24 Anthelmintic resistance. An overview of the situation in the Nordic countries

Carl Fredrik Ihler

S25 Parasite surveillance and novel use of anthelmintics in cattle

Johan Höglund

S26 Changes in production systems and effects on parasitic infections

Allan Roepstorff, Stig Milan Thamsborg and Helena Mejer

S27 Alternative approaches to control parasites in livestock: Nordic and Baltic perspectives

Stig Milan Thamsborg, Allan Roepstorff, Peter Nejsum and Helena Mejer

S28 Gastrointestinal helminths and lungworms in suckler cow beef herds in Southern Finland, a pilot study

U Eerola, H Härtel, A Oksanen and T Soveri

S29 The prevalence of internal parasites in wild boar farms in Finland

Outi Hälli, Eve Ala-Kurikka, Olli Peltoniemi and Mari Heinonen

S30 Cross-infection of gastrointestinal nematodes between winter corralled semi-domesticated reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) and sheep (Ovis aries)

Saana-Maaria Manninen, Antti Oksaned and Sauli Laaksonen

S31 Intestinal parasite infection exposes grouse to canine predators

Marja Isomursu, Osmo Rätti, Rekka Helle and Tuula Hollmén