Selective and on-demand drenching of lambs: Impact on parasite populations and performance of lambs

New Zealand Veterinary Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 305-312

  Leathwick, D M ^a   Waghorn, T S ^a   Miller, C M ^a   Atkinson, D S ^a   Haack, N A ^a   Oliver, A M ^a  

^a AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anthelmintic resistance; Management; Refugia; Sheep parasites

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; DELAYED RELEASE FORMULATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESISTANCE; FECES; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; NEWBORN; PARASITOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE;

ALBENDAZOLE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTHELMINTICS; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE; FECES; FEMALE; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NEMATODA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SELECTION (GENETICS); SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; OVIS ARIES; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS COLUBRIFORMIS;

EID: 33846074809     PISSN: 00480169     EISSN: 11760710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00480169.2006.36715     Document Type: Article

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