Does milk supply have long-term benefits for resistance and resilience to nematode parasites in sheep?

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 94, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 142-149

  Iposu, S O ^a   Greer, A W ^b   McAnulty, R W ^b   Stankiewicz, M ^b   Sykes, A R ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anti parasitic; Resilience; Resistance; Suckling; Teladorsagia circumcincta

Indexed keywords

LOLIUM; OVIS ARIES; TELADORSAGIA CIRCUMCINCTA;

EID: 78049441431     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2010.07.016     Document Type: Article

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