Influence of sex on the resistance of sheep lambs to an experimental Haemonchus contortus infection

Deutsche Tierarztliche Wochenschrift

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 178-181

  Gauly, M ^a   Schackert, M ^b   Hoffmann, B ^b   Erhardt, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Genetic resistance; Haemonchus contortus; Sex differences; Sheep; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FECES; FEMALE; HAEMONCHUS; HEMATOCRIT; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTESTINE; MALE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; STATISTICS; TIME; TRICHOSTRONGYLOSIS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; FECES; FEMALE; HAEMONCHIASIS; HAEMONCHUS; HEMATOCRIT; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; INTESTINES; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SEX FACTORS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; STATISTICS; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33745152010     PISSN: 03416593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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