Some biochemical changes following Trypanosoma congolense infection in Djallonke ewe lambs and breeding ewes fed on two levels of nutrition

Acta Tropica

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 229-241

  Osaer, S ^a   Akinbamijo, O O ^a   Goossens, B ^a  

^a International Trypanotolerance Centre Gambia   (Gambia)

Author keywords

Djallonke ewe lambs; Nutrition; Trypanosoma congolense infection

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CREATININE; FATTY ACID; GLUCOSE; PROTEIN; UREA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; LAMB; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PARASITEMIA; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

3-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PROTEINS; BREEDING; CREATININE; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; FEMALE; GAMBIA; SERUM ALBUMIN; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN; UREA;

ANIMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE;

EID: 0034712435     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(00)00060-7     Document Type: Article

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