Response to challenge infection with Haemonchus contortus and Trichostrongylus colubriformis in dairy goats. Consequences on milk production

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 43-54

  Hoste, H ^a   Chartier, C ^b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

Author keywords

Goat; Haemonchus contortus; Milk production; Resistance; Trichostrongylus colubriformis

Indexed keywords

FENBENDAZOLE; PEPSINOGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FECES ANALYSIS; GOAT; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; MILK PRODUCTION; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SERUM; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS COLUBRIFORMIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; FEMALE; FENBENDAZOLE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HAEMONCHIASIS; HAEMONCHUS; LACTATION; MILK; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PEPSINOGENS; PHOSPHATES; PREGNANCY; TIME FACTORS; TRICHOSTRONGYLOSIS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; NEMATODA; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS COLUBRIFORMIS;

EID: 0032518891     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(97)00130-1     Document Type: Article

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