The effect of long-term feeding of fresh and ensiled cassava (Manihot esculenta) foliage on gastrointestinal nematode infections in goats

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 251-258

  Sokerya, S ^a,b   Waller, P J ^b   Try, P ^a   Hoglund J ^b  

^a Center for Livestock and Agriculture Development CelAgrid   (Cambodia)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anthelmintic effect; Cambodia; Goat; Haemonchus contortus; Parasite control

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASSAVA; FECES; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HAEMONCHOSIS; HAEMONCHUS; HEMATOCRIT; INTESTINE INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; NEMATODIASIS; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PHYTOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZATION; SILAGE; TROPIC CLIMATE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; FECES; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HAEMONCHIASIS; HAEMONCHUS; HEMATOCRIT; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; MANIHOT; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PHYTOTHERAPY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SILAGE; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WEIGHT GAIN;

CAPRA HIRCUS; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; MANIHOT ESCULENTA; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS COLUBRIFORMIS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 58149250383     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-008-9182-x     Document Type: Article

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