The effects of urea supplementation on production and parasitological responses of sheep infected with Haemonchus contortus and Trichostrongylus colubriformis

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 123-135

  Knox, M R ^a   Steel, J W ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Feeding and nutrition; Haemonchus contortus; Sheep Nematoda; Trichostrongylus colubriformis; Urea

Indexed keywords

UREA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTION; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FEEDING; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PRODUCTIVITY; SHEEP; TRICHOSTRONGYLOSIS; WEIGHT GAIN; WOOL;

ABOMASUM; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; AVENA SATIVA; FECES; FEMALE; HAEMONCHIASIS; HAEMONCHUS; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TRICHOSTRONGYLOSIS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; TROPICAL CLIMATE; UREA; WEIGHT GAIN; WOOL;

ANIMALIA; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; NEMATODA; OVIS ARIES; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS COLUBRIFORMIS;

EID: 0033037892     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(99)00071-0     Document Type: Article

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