Effects of Trypanosoma congolense infection and diet on puberty, age at first lambing and haematology changes in Djallonke ewe lambs

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 215-230

  Osaer, S ^a   Goossens, B ^a   Kora, S ^a   Jeffcoate, I ^b  

^a International Trypanotolerance Centre Gambia   (Gambia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Feeding and nutrition; Puberty; Sheep protozoa; Trypanosoma congolense; Trypanotolerance

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CELL VOLUME; DEVELOPMENT; DIET; GROWTH RATE; LAMB; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; DIET; EATING; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MICE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARASITEMIA; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEXUAL MATURATION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE;

EID: 0032889781     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(98)00193-9     Document Type: Article

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