Nutritional programming of young sheep to improve later-life production and resistance to nematode parasites: A brief review

Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1431-1435

  Knox, M R ^a   Deng, K ^b   Nolar, J V ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Immunity; Nematode parasites; Nutrition; Production; Supplementation

Indexed keywords

FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; IMMUNITY; NEMATODE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARASITE RESISTANCE; PARASITISM;

NEMATODA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0842280618     PISSN: 08161089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EA03051     Document Type: Review

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