The response of breeding does to nematodiasis: Segregation into 'responders' and 'non-responders'

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1295-1303

  Patterson, D M ^a   Jackson, F ^a   Huntley, J F ^a   Stevenson, L M ^a   Jones, D G ^a   Jackson, E ^a   Russel, A J F ^b  

^a MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

does; eosinophils; nematodes; non responders; responders

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; FENBENDAZOLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEER; DRUG EFFICACY; EOSINOPHIL; FECES ANALYSIS; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; VETERINARY MEDICINE; WORM EGG; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; TRICHOSTRONGYLOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; BREEDING; FENBENDAZOLE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; LARVA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SCOTLAND; SEASONS; TRICHOSTRONGYLOIDEA; TRICHOSTRONGYLOIDIASIS; TRICHOSTRONGYLOSIS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS;

EID: 0030273871     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(96)00125-7     Document Type: Article

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