Consequences of protein supplementation for anorexia, expression of immunity and plasma leptin concentrations in parasitized ewes of two breeds

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 499-509

  Zaralis, Konstantinos ^a   Tolkamp, Bert J ^a   Houdijk, Jos G M ^a   Wylie, Alastair R G ^b,c   Kyriazakis, Ilias ^a,d  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Breed; Food intake; Leptin; Teladorsagia circumcincta

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EWE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IMMUNITY; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN INTAKE; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TELADORSAGIA CIRCUMCINCTA;

ALBUMINS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANOREXIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIETARY PROTEINS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FECES; FEMALE; LEPTIN; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PEPSINOGEN A; PREGNANCY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REPRODUCTION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

TELADORSAGIA CIRCUMCINCTA;

EID: 67349280161     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S000711450802401X     Document Type: Article

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