Comparison of the post-parturient rise in faecal egg counts of indigenous and cross-bred ewes

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 249-252

  Singh, S ^a   Yadav, C L ^a   Banerjee, D P ^a  

^a CCS HARYANA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; FENBENDAZOLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PUERPERIUM; SHEEP; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM; TRICHOSTRONGYLOSIS; WORM INFECTION;

ANIMALIA; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0030982574     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0022149x00015996     Document Type: Article

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