Susceptibility of West African Dwarf goats and WAD x Saanen crosses to experimental infection with Trypanosoma congolense

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 130, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 1-8

  Dhollander, S ^a,d   Bos, J ^b   Kora, S ^a   Sanneh, M ^a   Gaye, M ^a   Leak, S ^a   Berkvens, D ^c   Geerts, S ^c  

^a International Trypanotolerance Centre Gambia   (Gambia)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^d NONE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Genetic resistance; Goat; Saanen goat; Trypanosoma congolense; Trypanotolerance; West African Dwarf goat

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BREED; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS BREEDING; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FEMALE; GOAT; GROWTH RATE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PRODUCTIVITY; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; BODY WEIGHT; CROSSES, GENETIC; DIMINAZENE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GAMBIA; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HEMATOCRIT; MALE; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; PARASITEMIA; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN;

CAPRA HIRCUS; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE;

EID: 18844413285     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2004.11.012     Document Type: Article

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