The influence of stocking rate on gastrointestinal nematode infections of sheep over a 2-year grazing period

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 67, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 207-224

  Thamsborg, S M ^a   Jorgensen R J ^a   Waller, P J ^b   Nansen, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

grazing management; sheep nematode; stocking rate

Indexed keywords

FENBENDAZOLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; OSTERTAGIA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHEEP; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; DIARRHEA; FECES; FEMALE; FERTILIZERS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; NEMATODA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; OSTERTAGIA; PARASITE EGG COUNT; POACEAE; SEASONS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TIME FACTORS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS;

EID: 0030608488     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(96)01045-X     Document Type: Article

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