Heritability of gastrointestinal nematode faecal egg counts in West African village N'Dama cattle and its relation to age

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 89, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 71-78

  Zinsstag, J ^a   Ankers, Ph ^b   Njie, M ^c   Smith, T ^a   Pandey, V S ^d   Pfister, K ^e   Tanner, M ^a  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b CH 1145 ^*  (Switzerland)

^c International Trypanotolerance Centre Gambia   (Gambia)

^d INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acquired immunity; Cattle Nematoda; Faecal egg count; Genetics; N'Dama cattle; The Gambia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; GAMBIA; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GENETICS; HERITABILITY; IMMUNITY; INFECTION RESISTANCE; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; SEASON;

AFRICA, WESTERN; AGING; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PARASITE EGG COUNT;

BOS TAURUS; DAMA; NEMATODA;

EID: 0034724353     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(99)00226-5     Document Type: Article

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