A comparison of serum biochemical changes in two breeds of sheep (Red Masai and Dorper) experimentally infected with Fasciola gigantica

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 47-49

  Waweru, J G ^a   Kanyari, P W N ^a   Mwangi, D M ^a   Ngatia, T A ^a   Nansen, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Dorper; Fasciola gigantica; Red Masai; Serum biochemical changes

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; FASCIOLA GIGANTICA; OVIS ARIES; PARALICHTHYS DENTATUS;

BILIRUBIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FASCIOLA; FASCIOLIASIS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE;

ANIMALS; BILIRUBIN; FASCIOLA; FASCIOLIASIS; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; SERUM ALBUMIN; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 0033084206     PISSN: 00302465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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