Evaluation of the FAMACHA system for detecting the severity of anaemia in sheep from southern Italy

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 161, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 53-59

  Di Loria, Antonio ^a   Veneziano, Vincenzo ^a   Piantedosi, Diego ^a   Rinaldi, Laura ^a   Cortese, Laura ^a   Mezzino, Laura ^a   Cringoli, Giuseppe ^a   Ciaramella, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

FAMACHA; Gastrointestinal strongyles; Haematocrit; Haemoglobin; Haemonchus contortus; Italy; Sheep

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ANEMIA; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREEDING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONJUNCTIVA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FECES ANALYSIS; HAEMONCHOSIS; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; ITALY; NONHUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; SHEEP;

ANEMIA; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CONJUNCTIVA; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; ITALY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; STRONGYLOIDIASIS;

ANIMALIA; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; OVIS ARIES; STRONGYLES;

EID: 62849120958     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.12.002     Document Type: Article

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