Parasitological and clinical responses of lambs experimentally infected with Haemonchus contortus (L3) with and without ivermectin treatment

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 166, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 119-123

  Yacob, H T ^a   Mistre, Ch ^a   Adem, A H ^a   Basu, A K ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Eosinophil; Haemonchus contortus; Lamb; PCV

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN;

ANEMIA; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; EOSINOPHIL; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HAEMONCHOSIS; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LAMB; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITOLOGY; RUMINANT STOMACH; SHEEP DISEASE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIPARASITIC AGENTS; BODY WEIGHT; EOSINOPHILS; FECES; FEMALE; HAEMONCHIASIS; HAEMONCHUS; HEMATOCRIT; IVERMECTIN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; NEMATODA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 70350247868     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.07.038     Document Type: Article

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