Heritability of resistance to infestation with the body louse, Bovicola ovis, in Romney sheep bred for differences in resistance or resilience to gastro-intestinal nematode parasites

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 37, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 1589-1597

  Pfeffer, A ^a   Morris, C A ^b   Green, R S ^c   Wheeler, M ^b   Shu, D ^a   Bisset, S A ^a   Vlassoff, A ^c  

^a AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

^b RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^c AGRESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bovicola ovis; Cockle; Genetic correlation; Heritability; Lice; Nematoda; Resistance; Sheep; Trichostrongylus spp.

Indexed keywords

HERITABILITY; INSECT; NEMATODE; PARASITE INFESTATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; SHEEP;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BOVICOLA OVIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC CORRELATION; HERITABILITY; HOST RESISTANCE; INFESTATION; INTESTINE PARASITE; LOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROGENY; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; FECES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; LICE; LICE INFESTATIONS; MALE; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SHEEP DISEASES; SHEEP, DOMESTIC;

BOVICOLA OVIS; NEMATODA; OVIS ARIES; PEDICULUS HUMANUS; PHTHIRAPTERA; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS;

EID: 35048815521     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2007.05.008     Document Type: Article

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