In silico exploration of the mechanisms that underlie parasite-induced anorexia in sheep

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 106, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1023-1039

  Laurenson, Yan C S M ^a   Bishop, Stephen C ^a   Kyriazakis, Ilias ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Food composition; Lambs; Modelling; Nematodes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; GROWTH RATE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LAMB; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; PREDICTION; PROTEIN CONTENT; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CALORIC INTAKE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIET; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PROTEIN INTAKE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; TRICHOSTRONGYLOIDIASIS;

NEMATODA; OVIS ARIES; TELADORSAGIA CIRCUMCINCTA;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; ANOREXIA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIET; DIETARY PROTEINS; ENERGY INTAKE; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARASITE EGG COUNT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TRICHOSTRONGYLOIDIASIS;

EID: 84856402641     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114511001371     Document Type: Article

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