Response of Dorper and red Maasai lambs to trickle Haemonchus contortus infections

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 218-221

  Mugambi, J M ^a   Wanyangu, S W ^a   Bain, R K ^a   Owango, M O ^a   Duncan, J L ^b   Stear, M J ^b  

^a KENYA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; OVIS ARIES;

PLASMA PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; EOSINOPHIL; LARVA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MORTALITY; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SHEEP; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME; TRICHOSTRONGYLOSIS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PROTEINS; EOSINOPHILS; HAEMONCHIASIS; LARVA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SHEEP; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0030281017     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-5288(96)90066-1     Document Type: Article

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