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Nutritional sensitivity of periparturient resistance to nematode parasites in two breeds of sheep with different nutrient demands.
The British journal of nutrition - 1 Nov 2010
Kidane Alemayehu, Houdijk Jos, Athanasiadou Spiridoula, Tolkamp Bert, Kyriazakis Ilias
Abstract excerpt
The periparturient relaxation of immunity (PPRI) to parasites in mammals is sensitive to both metabolisable protein (MP) supply and animal genotype (different reproductive outputs). We tested the hypothesis that the sensitivity of PPRI to MP scarcity would not differ between different levels of r...
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