Comparative susceptibility of Pyrenean and Brown Swiss calves to gastrointestinal nematodes in subclinical naturally acquired infections

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 63, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 345-353

  Almeria S ^a   Gracia, M J ^b   Llorente, M ^a   Uriarte, J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO LOZANO BLESA   (Spain)

^b Lab Genet Bioquim Grupos S   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cattle Nematoda; Production systems; Resistance

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; COW; FECES ANALYSIS; HOST RESISTANCE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INTESTINE PARASITE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; WORM EGG;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; COOPERIA; NEMATODA;

EID: 0030005493     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-4017(95)00898-5     Document Type: Article

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