Relationships between faecal dry matter, worm burdens and inflammatory mediators and cells in parasite-resistant Merino rams

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 171, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 263-272

  Williams, A R ^a   Karlsson, L J E ^b   Palmer, D G ^b   Vercoe, P E ^a   Williams, I H ^a   Greeff, J C ^b   Emery, D L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diarrhoea; Nematodes; Sheep; Teladorsagia circumcincta; Trichostrongylus colubriformis

Indexed keywords

AUTACOID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRY MASS; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; FECES ANALYSIS; GRANULOCYTE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIQUID FECES; MALE; MICROFILARIA (NEMATODE LARVA); NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; RAM (SHEEP); SHEEP DISEASE; SHEEP FARMING; SMALL INTESTINE MUCOSA; TELADORSAGIA CIRCUMCINCTA; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS COLUBRIFORMIS; WORM INFECTION;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; FECES; INFLAMMATION; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

NEMATODA; OVIS ARIES; TELADORSAGIA CIRCUMCINCTA; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS COLUBRIFORMIS;

EID: 77950839002     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.03.031     Document Type: Article

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