Integrated parasite management for sheep reduces the effects of gastrointestinal nematodes on the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales

Animal Production Science

Volumn 50, Issue 11-12, 2010, Pages 1043-1052

  Kelly, G A ^a   Kahn, L P ^a   Walkden Brown, S W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

anthelmintic; Haemonchus contortus; Teladorsagia; Trichostrongylus.

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMERCIALIZATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRAZING; GROWTH RATE; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; NEMATODE; PARASITISM; RAINFALL; SHEEP; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WOOL;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; NORTHERN TABLELANDS;

HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; NEMATODA; OVIS ARIES; TELADORSAGIA; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS;

EID: 78649558286     PISSN: 18360939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AN10115     Document Type: Article

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