Inheritance of faecal egg counts during early lactation in Scottish Blackface ewes facing mixed, natural nematode infections

Animal Science

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 389-395

  Bishop, S C ^a   Stear, M J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disease resistance; Genetics; Nematoda; Sheep

Indexed keywords

NEMATODA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; TELADORSAGIA CIRCUMCINCTA;

EID: 0035624641     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1357729800058355     Document Type: Article

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