The likelihood of detecting differences between groups of sheep following deliberate infection with Ostertagia circumcincta

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 657-660

  Stear, M J ^a   Reid, S W J ^a   Gettinby, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Experimental design; Faecal egg count; Ostertagia circumcincta; Power analysis; Statistics; Worm burden; Worm length

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; OSTERTAGIA; STATISTICS; WORM INFECTION;

ANIMALIA; OSTERTAGIA; OVIS ARIES; TELADORSAGIA CIRCUMCINCTA;

EID: 0030174887     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0020-7519(96)00055-0     Document Type: Article

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