Means and heritabilities of concentrations of antibody to Trichostrongylus colubriformis and other nematode parasites in lambs from three to seventeen months of age

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 129-135

  Green, R S ^a   Morris, C A ^b   Douch, P G C ^a   Wheeler, M ^b   West, C J ^a   Hickey, S M ^b  

^a AGRESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Age; Antibody; Heritability; Sheep; Trichostrongylus colubriformis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032912119     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(98)00201-2     Document Type: Article

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