Measurement of phenotypic resilience to gastro-intestinal nematodes in Merino sheep and association with resistance and production variables

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 193, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 111-117

  Kelly, Gareth A ^a   Kahn, Lewis P ^a   Walkden Brown, Stephen W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Haematology; Haemonchus contortus; Predictive markers; Resilience; Resistance; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTINEMATODAL AGENT; EXTENDER; EXTENDER JUNIOR; LEVAMISOLE; ROTATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HAEMONCHOSIS; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; HEMATOCRIT; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PHENOTYPE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHEEP; SUMMER; WEIGHT GAIN; WINTER;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; NEMATODA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84873747968     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2012.12.018     Document Type: Article

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