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Regulation of the resistance to nematode parasites of single- and twin-bearing Merino ewes through nutrition and genetic selection.
Veterinary parasitology - 15 May 2003
Kahn L P, Knox M R, Walkden-Brown S W, Lea J M
Abstract excerpt
Periparturient Merino ewes obtained from lines of sheep that had been selected either for increased resistance to Haemonchus contortus (R) or at random (C) were supplemented, while grazing at pasture, with either nil or 250 g/day cottonseed meal (CSM) for the 6 weeks prior to or the 6 weeks after the start of parturition. Ewes from both supplement groups had lower (mean 66% reduction) faecal egg counts (FECs)...
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