Effects of Acacia nilotica and Acacia karoo diets on Haemonchus contortus infection in goats

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 265-274

  Kahiya, C ^a   Mukaratirwa, S ^a   Thamsborg, S M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acacia karoo; Acacia nilotica; Anthelmintic; Condensed tannins; Goats; Haemonchus contortus

Indexed keywords

FENBENDAZOLE; POLYPHENOL; TANNIN;

ACACIA KAROO; ACACIA NILOTICA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FECES ANALYSIS; FEEDING; FEMALE; FORAGE; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; GRASS; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; HAY; LARVA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WEIGHT; WORM INFECTION;

ACACIA; ACACIA NILOTICA; ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; CHLORIS GAYANA; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS;

EID: 0142106307     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(03)00213-9     Document Type: Article

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