Regional variations in the nematode worm populations of breeding ewes in new zealand

New Zealand Veterinary Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 159-164

  Herve M ^a   McAnulty, R W ^b   Logan, C M ^b   Sykes, A R ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Geographical regions; Lactating sheep; Nematode epidemiology; New Zealand

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREEDING; COCULTURE; FECES ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAEMONCHUS; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NEMATODE; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; REPRODUCTION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SHEEP; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS COLUBRIFORMIS; WORM; WORM EGG;

HAEMONCHUS; LAMB; OSTERTAGIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; TELADORSAGIA; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS COLUBRIFORMIS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS VITRINUS;

EID: 0041919556     PISSN: 00480169     EISSN: 11760710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00480169.2003.36358     Document Type: Article

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