Use of FAMACHA system to evaluate gastrointestinal nematode resistance/resilience in offspring of stud rams

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 153, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 85-92

  Burke, J M ^a   Miller, J E ^b,c  

^a DALE BUMPERS SMALL FARMS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

FAMACHA; Gastrointestinal nematode management; Haemonchus contortus; Katahdin; Lambs

Indexed keywords

LEVAMISOLE; LEVASOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANEMIA; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GRASS; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PROGENY; RAM (SHEEP); WEANING;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; BREEDING; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; MALE; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; CYNODON (ANGIOSPERM); HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; LOLIUM; NEMATODA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 41149173013     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.01.029     Document Type: Article

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