Effects of maternal protein nutrition and subsequent grazing on chicory (Cichorium intybus) on parasitism and performance of lambs

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1513-1521

  Kidane, A ^a,b   Houdijk, J G M ^a   Athanasiadou, S ^a   Tolkamp, B J ^a   Kyriazakis, I ^c,d  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chicory; Fecal egg count; Lamb performance; Metabolizable protein; Teladorsagia circumcincta

Indexed keywords

PEPSINOGEN; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHICORY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MEDICAGO; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN INTAKE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; CHICORY; DIETARY PROTEINS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; MALE; MEDICAGO; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PEPSINOGEN A; SERUM ALBUMIN; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

CICHORIUM INTYBUS; LOLIUM; OVIS ARIES; TELADORSAGIA CIRCUMCINCTA;

EID: 77949734629     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2009-2530     Document Type: Article

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