Intensive rotational grazing assists control of gastrointestinal nematodosis of sheep in a cool temperate environment with summer-dominant rainfall

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 153, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 108-120

  Colvin, A F ^a   Walkden Brown, S W ^a   Knox, M R ^b   Scott, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Grazing management; Haemonchus contortus; Rotational grazing; Sheep nematoda; Trichostrongylus

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; FERTILIZER; LEVAMISOLE; MOXIDECTIN; NAPTHALOPHOS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY WEIGHT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD CLIMATE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; FECES CULTURE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GRAZING; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; HEMATOCRIT; MONOTHERAPY; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; SHEEP; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; WORM EGG;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BODY WEIGHT; CLIMATE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; RAIN; SEASONS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; NEMATODA; OVIS ARIES; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS;

EID: 41149101780     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.01.014     Document Type: Article

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