The influence of dietary protein on some blood biochemical parameters in Scottish Blackface sheep experimentally infected with Trypanosoma congolense

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 227-240

  Katunguka Rwakishaya, E ^a,b  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

diet; protozoa; sheep; Trypanosoma congolense

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CHOLESTEROL; LIPID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN INTAKE; SHEEP; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; UNITED KINGDOM; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

EID: 0031080225     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(96)01057-6     Document Type: Article

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