Variability of resistance in goats infected with Haemonchus contortus in Brazil

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 88, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 153-158

  Costa, C A F ^a   Vieira, L Da S ^a   Berne, M E A ^b   Silva, M U D ^a   Guidoni, A L ^a   Figueiredo, E A P ^a  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Goats; Haemonchus contortus; Natural resistance; Nematoda; Variability

Indexed keywords

FENBENDAZOLE; HEMOGLOBIN; LEVAMISOLE; OXFENDAZOLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; GOAT; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; HEMATOCRIT; INFECTION RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; SHORT SURVEY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRICHOSTRONGYLOSIS; VARIANCE; WORM EGG;

CAPRA HIRCUS; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; NEMATODA; NUBIAN;

EID: 0033984218     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(99)00207-1     Document Type: Article

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