Experimental concurrent infection of Afar breed goats with Oestrus ovis (L1) and Haemonchus contortus (L3): Interaction between parasite populations, changes in parasitological and basic haematological parameters

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 180-184

  Yacob, H T ^a   Basazinew, B K ^a   Basu, A K ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Concurrent infection; Haemonchus contortus; Interaction; Oestrus ovis

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN; PRAZIQUANTEL; TRICLABENDAZOLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHILIA; ETHIOPIA; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FERTILITY; FLY; GOAT; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NOSE CAVITY; OESTRUS OVIS; PARANASAL SINUS; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; WORM INFECTION;

ABOMASUM; ANIMALS; BLOOD PROTEINS; DIPTERA; EOSINOPHILS; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FECES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HAEMONCHIASIS; HAEMONCHUS; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; LARVA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MYIASIS; PARASITE EGG COUNT;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; OESTRUS OVIS;

EID: 51249101289     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2008.07.006     Document Type: Article

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