Parasite co-infections show synergistic and antagonistic interactions on growth performance of East African zebu cattle under one year

Parasitology

Volumn 140, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 1789-1798

  Thumbi, S M ^a,f,g   De C Bronsvoort, B M ^b   Poole, E J ^c   Kiara, H ^c   Toye, P ^c   Ndila, M ^c   Conradie, I ^d   Jennings, A ^b   Handel, I G ^b   Coetzer, J A W ^d   Hanotte, O ^e   Woolhouse, M E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^f WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g KEMRI/CDC Research and Public Health Collaboration   (Kenya)

Author keywords

cattle; co infections; growth rate; interactions

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ARTICLE; BABESIA BIGEMINA; BLOOD PARASITE; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; COCCIDIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COOPERIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DICTYOCAULUS; DICTYOCAULUS VIVIPAROUS; DISEASE CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FASCIOLA; GROWTH RATE; HELMINTH; HELMINTHIASIS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LIVESTOCK; MIXED INFECTION; NEMATODIRUS; NONHUMAN; OESOPHAGOSTOMUM; OESOPHAGOSTOMUM RADIATUM; OSTERTAGIA OSTERTAGI; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA; STRONGYLOIDES; THEILERIA; THEILERIA MUTANS; THEILERIA PARVA; TREMATODE; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; TRYPANOSOMA; WEIGHT GAIN;

AFRICA, EASTERN; AGING; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COINFECTION; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84887969392     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182013001261     Document Type: Article

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