Genetic resistance to gastrointestinal nematode parasites in Rhön sheep following natural infection

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 253-259

  Gauly, M ^a   Erhardt, G ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cooperia spp.; FEC; Genetic resistance; Haematocrit; Haemonchus contortus; Sheep nematoda; Trichostrongylus spp. Teladorsagia spp.

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERIA; EGG; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETIC RESISTANCE; GENETIC SELECTION; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; HEMATOCRIT; HERITABILITY; JUGULAR VEIN; LAMB; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS;

ANIMALS; FECES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GERMANY; HEMATOCRIT; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; NEMATODA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

COOPERIA; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; NEMATODA; OVIS ARIES; TELADORSAGIA; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS;

EID: 0035857123     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(01)00530-1     Document Type: Article

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