Correlates of resistance to gastrointestinal nematode infection in Nigerian West African dwarf sheep
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Correlates of resistance to gastrointestinal nematode infection in Nigerian West African dwarf sheep.
OBJECTIVE To investigate correlates of resistance to GI nematode infection in Nigerian West African dwarf (WAD) sheep. METHODS Thirty three sheep were randomly assigned to two groups, A (n=27) which were used for experimental infections, and B (n=6) which served as uninfected control. Each infected animal received weekly escalating infections with infective larvae (60%Haemonchus contortus (H....
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عنوان ژورنال: Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1995-7645
DOI: 10.1016/s1995-7645(12)60093-5