Long-term subclinical infection with Trichostrongylus colubriformis: Effects on food intake, diet selection and performance of growing lambs

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 61, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 297-313

  Kyriazakis, I ^a   Anderson, D H ^a   Oldham, J D ^a   Coop, R L ^b   Jackson, F ^b  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appetite; Diet selection; Sheep Nematoda; Trichostrongylus colubriformis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; FOOD INTAKE; HELMINTHIASIS; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; NEMATODA; OVIS ARIES; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS COLUBRIFORMIS;

EID: 0030029506     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-4017(95)00824-1     Document Type: Article

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