Relationship between performance and infections by gastrointestinal nematodes in growing Nelore cattle;Relação entre desempenho e infecções por nematódeos gastrintestinais em bovinos Nelore em crescimento

Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinaria e Zootecnia

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 351-357

  Nicolau, C V J ^a   Amarante, A F T ^a   Rocha, G P ^a   Godoy, W A C ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cattle; Cooperia; Haemonchus; Packed cell volume; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FECES ANALYSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BUNOSTOMUM; COOPERIA; COOPERIA PUNCTATA; HAEMONCHUS; HAEMONCHUS PLACEI; HAEMONCHUS SIMILIS; NEMATODA; OESOPHAGOSTOMUM; OESOPHAGOSTOMUM RADIATUM; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS AXEI;

EID: 4344642898     PISSN: 01020935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0102-09352002000400004     Document Type: Article

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