The effect of dietary fish-meal supplementation on parasite burdens of periparturient sheep

Animal Science

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 149-158

  Donaldson, J ^a,b   Van Houtert, M F J ^a,c   Sykes, A R ^a  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b HARPER ADAMS UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dietary protein; Nematoda; Sheep

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035255775     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1357729800055648     Document Type: Article

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