Establishment and fecundity of Ostertagia circumcincta and Trichostrongylus colubriformis in lambs fed lotus (Lotus pedunculatus) or perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne)

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 13-21

  Niezen, J H ^a   Waghorn, G C ^a   Charleston, W A G ^b  

^a AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Lotus pedunculatus; Ostertagia circumcincta; Sheep Nematoda; Trichostrongylus colubriformis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; FEEDING; FERTILITY; LAMB; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; OSTERTAGIA; TRICHOSTRONGYLOSIS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS COLUBRIFORMIS;

ANIMALS; DIETARY PROTEINS; FABACEAE; FECES; FERTILITY; LOLIUM; MALE; OSTERTAGIA; OSTERTAGIASIS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RUMEN; SEX RATIO; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TANNINS; TRICHOSTRONGYLOSIS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0032540993     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(98)00121-6     Document Type: Article

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