Influence of periparturient nutritional demand on resistance to parasites in livestock

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 113-121

  Houdijk, J G M ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Faecal egg counts; Faeces volume; Gastrointestinal nematodes; Litter size; Nutrition; Reproduction; Resistance

Indexed keywords

BIRTH; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; INTESTINE PARASITE; LACTATION; LITTER SIZE; LIVESTOCK; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; REVIEW; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; LACTATION; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; REPRODUCTION;

NEMATODA; OVIS ARIES; RODENTIA;

EID: 38049077019     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: 13653024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3024.2008.00992.x     Document Type: Review

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