Nutritional sensitivity of periparturient resistance to nematode parasites in two breeds of sheep with different nutrient demands

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 104, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1477-1486

  Kidane, Alemayehu ^a,b   Houdijk, Jos ^a   Athanasiadou, Spiridoula ^a   Tolkamp, Bert ^a   Kyriazakis, Ilias ^a,c,d  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breed; Faecal egg count; Metabolisable protein; Teladorsagia circumcincta

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; METABOLISABLE PROTEIN; PEPSINOGEN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA;

ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREED; CONTROLLED STUDY; EWE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNITY; LACTATION; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL SENSITIVITY; PERIPARTURIENT RELAXATION OF IMMUNITY; PROTEIN DIET; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; PUERPERIUM; REPRODUCTION; RUMINANT STOMACH; SHEEP; TELADORSAGIA CIRCUMCINCTA; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT GAIN; WORM EGG;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; DIET; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; OVIS ARIES; TELADORSAGIA CIRCUMCINCTA;

EID: 78650000550     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114510002503     Document Type: Article

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