Relative resistance of Dorper crossbred ewes to gastrointestinal nematode infection compared with St. Croix and Katahdin ewes in the southeastern United States

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 109, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 265-275

  Burke, J M ^a   Miller, J E ^b,c  

^a DALE BUMPERS SMALL FARMS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hair breeds; Nematode resistance; Sheep

Indexed keywords

COVEXIN 8; IVERMECTIN; IVOMEC SHEEP DRENCH; MOXIDECTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACCINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS BREEDING; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FORAGE; GRASS; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; HEMATOCRIT; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INOCULATION; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PASTURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHEEP; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; DIET; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FECES; FEMALE; HAEMONCHUS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CYNODON; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; LOLIUM; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; SCHEDONORUS ARUNDINACEUS;

EID: 0037064611     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(02)00272-8     Document Type: Article

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