The effect of first season chemoprophylaxis in calves on second season pasture contamination and acquired resistance and resilience to gastrointestinal nematodes

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 289-301

  Claerebout, E ^a   Dorny, P ^a   Agneessens, J ^a   Demeulenaere, D ^a   Vercruysse, J ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Acquired immunity; Anthelmintics; Cattle nematoda; Cooperia spp.; Ostertagia spp.

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CATTLE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CONTAMINATION; COOPERIA; INFESTATION; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; OSTERTAGIA; SEASON; WORM EGG;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; IVERMECTIN; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; OSTERTAGIA; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PEPSINOGEN A; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; COOPERIA; NEMATODA; OSTERTAGIA;

EID: 0032905506     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(98)00225-8     Document Type: Article

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