Physiological and parasitological responses to nematode infections of fattening cattle in the Western Pampas of Argentina

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 137-148

  Suarez, V H ^a   Lorenzo, R M ^a   Busetti, M R ^a   Santucho, G M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina Pampeana region; Blood parameters; Brucelia antibodies; Cattle; Epidemiology; Feed intake; Nematoda

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; DORAMECTIN; FENBENDAZOLE; PEPSINOGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BRUCELLA; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERIA; DIGESTION; EOSINOPHIL; FECES ANALYSIS; FOOD INTAKE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; OSTERTAGIA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SUMMER; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; VACCINATION; WEIGHT GAIN; WINTER;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; ARGENTINA; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; EATING; EOSINOPHILS; FECES; FENBENDAZOLE; IVERMECTIN; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PEPSINOGEN A; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TRICHOSTRONGYLOIDEA; TRICHOSTRONGYLOIDIASIS; VACCINATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; BRUCELLA; COOPERIA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; NEMATODA; OSTERTAGIA; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS;

EID: 0033602246     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(98)00183-6     Document Type: Article

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