Infestation with the sheep body louse (Bovicola ovis) in Merino lines divergently selected for maternal multiple rearing ability

Journal of the South African Veterinary Association

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 57-59

  Cloete, S W P ^a   Laubscher, J M ^a   Cloete, J J E ^a  

^a Elsenburg Agricultural Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Integrated control; Lice management; Reproduction; Resistance; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; BREEDING LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENDER; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HERD; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LAMB; LOUSE; MALE; MATURATION; MOTHER; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IMMUNITY; PEDICULOSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROGENY; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; TIME; TOOTH; WEANING; WOOL; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MALLOPHAGA; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; BOVICOLA; BOVICOLA OVIS; LAMB; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; PEDICULUS HUMANUS; PHTHIRAPTERA;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; LICE INFESTATIONS; MALE; MALLOPHAGA; SELECTION (GENETICS); SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; WOOL;

EID: 0142214397     PISSN: 10199128     EISSN: 22249435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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