Effects of sheep and cattle alternate grazing on sheep parasitism and production

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 229-239

  Mahieu, Maurice ^a   Aumont, Gilles ^b  

^a Unite de Recherches Zootechniques Pointe a Pitre   (Guadeloupe)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Alternate grazing; Cattle; Gastrointestinal parasitism; Humid tropics; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HAEMONCHOSIS; HAEMONCHUS; INTESTINE INFECTION; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PARASITOLOGY; POACEAE; SEASON; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; SUCKLING; TROPIC CLIMATE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HAEMONCHIASIS; HAEMONCHUS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; POACEAE; SEASONS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WEIGHT GAIN;

BOS; COOPERIA; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 58149180339     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-008-9180-z     Document Type: Article

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