Effect of forage legumes and anthelmintic treatment on the performance, nutritional status and nematode parasites of grazing lambs

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 131, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 267-282

  Marley, C L ^a   Fraser, M D ^a   Fychan, R ^a   Theobald, V J ^a   Jones, R ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Forage legumes; Gastrointestinal nematodes; High protein forages; Internal parasites; Sheep nematoda

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ALFALFA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FORAGE; LAMB; LEGUME; MALE; MONOCULTURE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PERENNIAL RYEGRASS; PERFORMANCE; RED CLOVER; SMALL INTESTINE; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; WHITE CLOVER;

ABOMASUM; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; BODY WEIGHT; FABACEAE; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; NEMATODA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

LOLIUM; LOLIUM PERENNE; MEDICAGO SATIVA; NEMATODA; OVIS ARIES; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 22244451336     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2005.04.037     Document Type: Article

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