Nutritional sensitivity of resistance to Trichostrongylus colubriformis in lactating ewes

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 160, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 258-266

  Houdijk, Jos G M ^a   Jackson, Frank ^b   Kyriazakis, Ilias ^a,c  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Lactation; Nutrition; Parasites; Protein; Sheep; Trichostrongylus colubriformis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EWE; FEMALE; IMMUNITY; LACTATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAST CELL; MILK PRODUCTION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PROTEIN INTAKE; PUERPERIUM; REARING; TRICHOSTRONGYLOSIS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS CIRCUMCINCTA; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS COLUBRIFORMIS; TWINS;

ABOMASUM; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; BODY BURDEN; DIETARY PROTEINS; FEMALE; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; LACTATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAST CELLS; MILK; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TRICHOSTRONGYLOSIS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS;

NEMATODA; OVIS ARIES; TELADORSAGIA CIRCUMCINCTA; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS COLUBRIFORMIS;

EID: 61349164184     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.11.013     Document Type: Article

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