Faecal soiling and gastrointestinal helminth infection in lambs

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1255-1268

  Broughan, Jennifer M ^a   Wall, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blowfly strike; England; Faecal soiling; Gastrointestinal nematodes; Lambs

Indexed keywords

DEPIDEX POUR ON; IVERMECTIN; MEBENDAZOLE; MORANTEL; PYRANTEL TARTRATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DIARRHEAL DISEASE; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; EGG; FECES; FLY; GROWTH RATE; INFECTIVITY; MODEL VALIDATION; NEMATODE; PASTURE; SHEEP;

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; DIARRHEA; FECAL SOILING; FECES ANALYSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GROWTH RATE; HELMINTHIASIS; LAMB; NONHUMAN; PASTURE; UNITED KINGDOM; WOOL; WORM EXPULSION;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; BODY BURDEN; DIARRHEA; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; LARVA; LAXATIVES; MYIASIS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SEASONS; SHEEP DISEASES; SHEEP, DOMESTIC; TRICHOSTRONGYLOSIS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; WOOL;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; NEMATODA; OVIS ARIES; VERMES;

EID: 34447647263     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2007.03.009     Document Type: Article

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