Texel sheep are more resistant to natural nematode challenge than Suffolk sheep based on faecal egg count and nematode burden

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 136, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 317-327

  Good, B ^a   Hanrahan, J P ^a   Crowley, B A ^a   Mulcahy, G ^b  

^a TEAGASC   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Genetics; Nematode; Nematodirus; Resistance; Sheep; Teladorsagia; Trichostrongyle

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FECES ANALYSIS; INTESTINE PARASITE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; RUMINANT STOMACH; SHEEP;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BREEDING; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FECES; FEMALE; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; NEMATODA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SEASONS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; NEMATODA; NEMATODIRUS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; TELADORSAGIA; TRICHOSTRONGYLE; VERMES;

EID: 33644625357     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2005.12.001     Document Type: Article

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