The influence of age on the variation among sheep in susceptibility to natural nematode infection

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 89, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 31-36

  Stear, M J ^a   Mitchell, S ^a   Strain, S ^a   Bishop, S C ^b   McKellar, Q A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age influence; Immunity; Sheep Nematoda; Teladorsagia circumcincta

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IMMUNITY; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LAMB; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; SEASON; SHEEP;

AGING; ANIMALS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; NEMATODA; OVIS ARIES; TELADORSAGIA CIRCUMCINCTA;

EID: 0034724411     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(00)00196-5     Document Type: Article

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