Resistance of Santa Ines, Suffolk and Ile de France sheep to naturally acquired gastrointestinal nematode infections

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 120, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 91-106

  Amarante, A F T ^a   Bricarello, P A ^a,b   Rocha, R A ^a   Gennari, S M ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Breed effect; Haemonchus; Oesophagostomum; Resistance; Sheep nematoda; Trichostrongylus

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL VACCINE; CIPERMETHRIN; CIPERMETRINA; CLOSTRIDIUM VACCINE; DECOQUINATE; MOXIDECTIN; POLISINTO VAC; SINTOXAN POLIVALENTE; TETRAMISOLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; BREED DIFFERENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOBIA; FECES ANALYSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; HEMATOCRIT; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INFESTATION; LARVA; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; OESOPHAGOSTOMUM COLUMBIANUM; PASTURE; SHEEP; STRONGYLOIDEA; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS COLUBRIFORMIS;

ANIMALIA; COLUMBIANUM; HAEMONCHUS; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; NEMATODA; OESOPHAGOSTOMUM; OESOPHAGOSTOMUM COLUMBIANUM; OVIS ARIES; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS COLUBRIFORMIS;

EID: 1442326217     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2003.12.004     Document Type: Article

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