Association between microsatellite markers of sheep chromosome 5 and faecal egg counts

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 46, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 97-105

  Benavides, M V ^a   Weimer, T A ^b   Borba, M F S ^a   Berne, M E A ^c   Sacco, A M S ^a  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Disease association; Faecal egg counts; Gastrointestinal parasites; Microsatellites; Sheep

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036851708     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-4488(02)00198-0     Document Type: Article

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