Alternatives to anthelmintics for the control of nematodes in livestock

Parasitology

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 139-151

  Stear, M J ^a   Doligalska, M ^b   Donskow Schmelter, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Biological control; Genetics; Grazing management; Nematode; Nutrition; Parasite control; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; H 11 ANTIGEN; H CONTORTUS GALACTOSE BINDING GLYCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACCINE;

BREEDING; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DUDDINGTONIA; GENETIC RESISTANCE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; LIVESTOCK; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PARASITE CONTROL; PASTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; REVIEW; VACCINATION;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE; FUNGI; NEMATODA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VACCINATION;

ANIMALIA; FUNGI; NEMATODA;

EID: 33845971573     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182006001557     Document Type: Review

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