Role of anorexia in mediating effects of blowfly strike on wool

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2000, Pages 76-79

  Walkden Brown, S W ^a   Daly, B L ^a   Colditz, I G ^b   Crook, B J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anorexia; Autoradiography; Blowfly; Cytokine; Fever; Stress; Strike; Toxaemia; Wool quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044522104     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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