Comparison of the resistance to sympatric and allopatric isolates of Haemonchus contortus of Black Belly sheep in Guadeloupe (FWI) and of INRA 401 sheep in France

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 139-150

  Aumont, G ^a,b   Gruner, L ^b   Hostache, G ^a  

^a Unite de Recherches Zootechniques Pointe a Pitre   (Guadeloupe)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Black Belly sheep; Genetic resistance; Haemonchus contortus; INRA 401 sheep; Sheep nematoda

Indexed keywords

ALLOPATRY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREEDING; CELL COUNT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EGG; EOSINOPHIL; EXPERIMENT; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FRANCE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GUADELOUPE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; LAMB; MALE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITOSIS; POPULATION; SHEEP; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPATRY; UTERUS; WORM;

HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; NEMATODA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0142027046     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(03)00259-0     Document Type: Article

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