Responses of hair and wool sheep to a single fixed dose of infective larvae of Haemonchus contortus

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 221-225

  Notter, D R ^a   Andrew, S A ^a,b   Zajac, A M ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Inst/Stt Univ ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Breeds; Hair sheep; Internal parasites; Parasite resistance; Sheep

Indexed keywords

HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0037369273     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-4488(02)00279-1     Document Type: Article

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