Clinical evaluation of anaemia in sheep: Early trials

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 165-174

  Malan, F S ^a   Van Wyk, J A ^b   Wessels, C D ^c  

^a Intervet Research Unit   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c Vygeboom   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Haematocrit; Haemonchus contortus infection; Irrigated pasture; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COLOR; CONJUNCTIVA; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FECES; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HAEMONCHUS; HEMATOCRIT; LACTATION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; TIME; TRICHOSTRONGYLOSIS;

ANEMIA; ANIMAL; COLOR; CONJUNCTIVA; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FECES; FEMALE; HAEMONCHIASIS; HAEMONCHUS; HEMATOCRIT; LACTATION; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035438412     PISSN: 00302465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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