Impact of eprinomectin on grazing behaviour and performance in dairy cattle with sub-clinical gastrointestinal nematode infections under continuous stocking management

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 125, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 353-364

  Forbes, A B ^a   Huckle, C A ^b   Gibb, M J ^b  

^a BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMA GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cattle nematoda; Eprinomectin; Grazing behaviour; Performances

Indexed keywords

EPRINEX; EPRINOMECTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERIA; COW; DAIRY CATTLE; DIGESTION; EATING; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES CULTURE; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GRAZING; HERBAGE; JAW MOVEMENT; LARVA; MILK PRODUCTION; MILK YIELD; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; OSTERTAGIA; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARITY; PASTURE; RUMINATION; SCORING SYSTEM; TOPOGRAPHY; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; EATING; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; IVERMECTIN; LACTATION; MILK; NEMATODA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; COOPERIA; NEMATODA; OSTERTAGIA; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS;

EID: 5144228622     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2004.07.025     Document Type: Article

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