Experimental infection of Black Belly and INRA 401 straight and crossbred sheep with trichostrongyle nematode parasites

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 239-249

  Gruner, L ^a   Aumont, G ^a   Getachew, T ^a   Brunel, J C ^a   Pery, C ^a   Cognie Y ^b   Guerin Y ^b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UMR85 PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DES COMPORTEMENTS   (France)

Author keywords

Black Belly sheep; Haemonchus contortus; INRA 401 sheep nematoda; Nematoda; Resistance; Teladorsagia circumcincta; Trichostrongylus colubriformis

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTHELMINTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS BREEDING; EMBRYO; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LAMB; LARVA; MALE; NEMATODIASIS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIMARY INFECTION; SEX RATIO; SPECIES COMPARISON; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SUPERINFECTION; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; COHORT STUDIES; CROSSES, GENETIC; FECES; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SEX FACTORS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TRICHOSTRONGYLOIDEA; TRICHOSTRONGYLOIDIASIS;

HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; NEMATODA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; TELADORSAGIA CIRCUMCINCTA; TRICHOSTRONGYLE; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS COLUBRIFORMIS;

EID: 1242346285     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2003.07.005     Document Type: Article

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