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Response to Teladorsagia circumcincta infection in Scottish Blackface lambs with divergent phenotypes for nematode resistance.
Veterinary parasitology - 15 Dec 2014
McRae Kathryn M, Good Barbara, Hanrahan James P, Glynn Assumpta, O'Connell Mary J, Keane Orla M
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The objective of this study was to identify Scottish Blackface lambs that were at the extremes of the spectrum of resistance to gastrointestinal nematodes and characterise their response to an experimental nematode challenge. Lambs (n = 90) were monitored for faecal egg count (FEC) (2 samples from each of 2 independent natural infections). The most resistant (n = 10) and susceptible (n = 10) individuals were...
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