Consequences of infection pressure and protein nutrition on periparturient resistance to Teladorsagia circumcincta and performance in ewes

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 165, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 78-87

  Kidane, Alemayehu ^a,b   Houdijk, Jos G M ^a   Tolkamp, Bert J ^a   Athanasiadou, Spiridoula ^a   Kyriazakis, Ilias ^a,c  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Faecal egg count; Infection pressure; Metabolizable protein; Teladorsagia circumcincta

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN; LEVACIDE; LEVAMISOLE; PEPSINOGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EWE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEEDING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; INFECTION; INFECTION RESISTANCE; LACTATION; LARVA; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN INTAKE; REARING; SHEEP DISEASE;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; DIETARY PROTEINS; EATING; FECES; FEMALE; IMMUNITY, INNATE; LACTATION; NEMATODA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PARTURITION; PEPSINOGEN A; PREGNANCY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

OVIS ARIES; TELADORSAGIA CIRCUMCINCTA;

EID: 70349509134     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.06.039     Document Type: Article

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