The value of bulk milk ELISA Ostertagia antibody titres as indicators of milk production response to anthelmintic treatment in the dry period

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 197-205

  Kloosterman, A ^a   Ploeger, H W ^a   Pieke, E J ^b   Lam, T J G M ^c   Verhoeff, J ^d  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MSD Agvet   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d Animal Health Service   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cattle Nematoda; Control methods Nematoda; Milk production; Ostertagiasp.

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; IVERMECTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; MILK; MILK PRODUCTION; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; OSTERTAGIA; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

EID: 0030565598     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-4017(95)00919-1     Document Type: Article

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