Impacts of naturally acquired protozoa and strongylid nematode infections on growth and faecal attributes in lambs

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 184, Issue 2-4, 2012, Pages 298-308

  Sweeny, Joshua P A ^a   Robertson, Ian D ^a   Ryan, Una M ^a   Jacobson, Caroline ^a   Woodgate, Rob G ^b  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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

Author keywords

Body condition score; Cryptosporidium; Diarrhoea; Faecal consistency; Giardia; Live weight; Sheep; Strongylid nematode

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; BETA GIARDIN; CYANOCOBALAMIN; CYDECTIN WEANERGUARD; GENOMIC DNA; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN P 60; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 2; MICROORGANISM PROTEIN; MOXIDECTIN; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 18S; SELENIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY GROWTH; BODY WEIGHT; CHABERTIA OVINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM UBIQUITUM; DIGESTIVE TRACT PARAMETERS; FECAL CONSISTENCY SCORE; FECAL DRY MATTER PERCENTAGE; FECES ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; GRAZING; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; LAMB; LIVE WEIGHT; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PASTURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SHEEP FARMING; STRONGYLE INFECTION; STRONGYLOIDEA; TELADORSAGIA CIRCUMCINCTA; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY WEIGHT; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FECES; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; NEMATODA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

CHABERTIA OVINA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; OESOPHAGOSTOMUM; OVIS ARIES; PROTOZOA; STRONGYLIDA; TELADORSAGIA CIRCUMCINCTA; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS;

EID: 84855955531     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.08.016     Document Type: Article

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