A 3-year field evaluation of pasture rotation and supplementary feeding to control parasite infection in first-season grazing cattle-Dynamics of pasture infectivity

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 145, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 129-137

  Larsson, A ^a   Dimander, S O ^b   Rydzik, A ^a   A Uggla, ^a   Waller, P J ^a   Hoglund J ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Federation of Swedish Farmers (LRF)   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cooperia; Epidemiology; Grazing management; Ostertagia; Parasite control; Pasture infectivity; Trichostrongylid larvae

Indexed keywords

DORAMECTIN; FENBENDAZOLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEEF CATTLE; BULLOCK; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERIA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEEDING; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; LARVA; NONHUMAN; OSTERTAGIA; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOSIS; PASTURE; SEASON; WORM;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DIET; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

BOS; COOPERIA; NEMATODA; OSTERTAGIA; TRICHOSTRONGYLIDAE;

EID: 33847688910     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.12.005     Document Type: Article

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