Estimating genetic differences in natural resistance in Rhön and Merinoland sheep following experimental Haemonchus contortus infection

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 55-67

  Gauly, M ^a   Kraus, M ^a   Vervelde, L ^b   Van Leeuwen, M A W ^b   Erhardt, G ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Genetics; Haemonchus contortus; Heritability; Resistance; Sheep nematoda

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC RESISTANCE; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; HEMATOCRIT; HERITABILITY; LAMB; MALE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WORM INFECTION;

ANIMALS; FECES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAEMONCHIASIS; HAEMONCHUS; HEMATOCRIT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; LAMB; NEMATODA; OVIS ARIES; VERMES;

EID: 0037198501     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(02)00028-6     Document Type: Article

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