Haematological changes in N'Dama and Gobra Zebu bulls during Trypanosoma congolense infection maintained under a controlled feeding regimen

Acta Tropica

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 181-192

  Akinbamijo, O O ^a   Bennison, J J ^b   Jaitner, J ^a   Dempfle, L ^a  

^a International Trypanotolerance Centre Gambia   (Gambia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaemia; N'Dama; Pair feeding; Trypanosomosis; Trypanotolerance; Zebu

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; NONHUMAN; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ANEMIA; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CATTLE; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; MALE; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, BOVINE;

BOS INDICUS; BOS TAURUS; DAMA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE;

EID: 0031781453     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(97)00123-X     Document Type: Article

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