Breed and season effects on the peri-parturient rise in nematode egg output in indigenous ewes in a cool tropical environment

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 77, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 123-132

  Tembely, S ^a   Lahlou Kassi, A ^b   Rege, J E O ^a   Mukasa Mugerwa, E ^a   Anindo, D ^a   Sovani, S ^c   Baker, R L ^d  

^a INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^b INSTITUT AGRONOMIQUE ET VÉTÉRINAIRE HASSAN II   (Morocco)

^c V Irpinia 23   (Italy)

^d INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Nematoda; Peri parturient rise; Resistance; Seasonal dynamics; Sheep breeds; Trichostrongylidae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; LACTATION; MATING; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHEEP; STRONGYLOIDEA; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; TROPICS; WORM EGG;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; BREEDING; ETHIOPIA; FECES; FEMALE; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LITTER SIZE; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; SEASONS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

ANIMALIA; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; NEMATODA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; STRONGYLOIDEA; TRICHOSTRONGYLIDAE; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS;

EID: 0032526551     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(97)00219-7     Document Type: Article

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