Trade-offs and benefits: Implications of promoting a strong immunity to gastrointestinal parasites in sheep

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 123-132

  Greer, A W ^a,b  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal nematodes; Genetic selection; Nutritional cost; Resistance; Sheep

Indexed keywords

GENETIC SELECTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; INTESTINE PARASITE; LIVESTOCK; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARASITISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; REVIEW; SHEEP;

ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; NEMATODA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 38049066074     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: 13653024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3024.2008.00998.x     Document Type: Review

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