Naturally occurring variability in some phenotypic markers and correlates of haemonchotolerance in West African Dwarf goats in a subhumid zone of Nigeria

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 141, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 107-121

  Behnke, J M ^a   Chiejina, S N ^b   Musongong, G A ^c   Fakae, B B ^b   Ezeokonkwo, R C ^b   Nnadi, P A ^b   Ngongeh, L A ^b   Jean, E N ^c   Wakelin, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^c Wakwa Regional Centre for Agricultural Research for Development   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Haemonchotolerance phenotypes; Haemonchus contortus; Nigeria; Subhumid zone; Trichostrongylus colubriformis; WAD goats

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; HOST RESISTANCE; MALE; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS COLUBRIFORMIS; WEST AFRICAN DWARF GOAT;

ABOMASUM; ANIMALS; FECES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HAEMONCHIASIS; HAEMONCHUS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; MALE; NIGERIA; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PHENOTYPE; SEASONS;

CAPRA HIRCUS; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS COLUBRIFORMIS;

EID: 33748574278     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.04.017     Document Type: Article

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