Resistance and resilience of West African Dwarf goats of the Nigerian savanna zone exposed to experimental escalating primary and challenge infections with Haemonchus contortus

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 171, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 81-90

  Chiejina, S N ^a   Behnke, J M ^b   Musongong, G A ^c   Nnadi, P A ^a   Ngongeh, L A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Escalating infection; Haemonchus contortus; Nigeria; Resilience; Resistance; Response phenotypes; West African Dwarf (WAD) goats

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ANEMIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTYPE; EGG PRODUCTION; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; GOAT DISEASE; HAEMONCHOSIS; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; HEMATOCRIT; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INTROGRESSION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; SAVANNA; WEIGHT CHANGE; WORM EGG; WORM INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; BODY WEIGHT; FECES; FENBENDAZOLE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HAEMONCHIASIS; HAEMONCHUS; HEMATOCRIT; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; NIGERIA; PARASITE EGG COUNT; RANDOM ALLOCATION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

CAPRA HIRCUS; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS;

EID: 77953685335     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.03.007     Document Type: Article

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