Modelling gastrointestinal parasitism infection in a sheep flock over two reproductive seasons: in silico exploration and sensitivity analysis.

doi:10.1017/S0031182016000871

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Modelling gastrointestinal parasitism infection in a sheep flock over two reproductive seasons: in silico exploration and sensitivity analysis.

Parasitology - 1 Oct 2016

Saccareau M, Moreno C R, Kyriazakis I, Faivre R, Bishop S C

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In reproducing ewes, a periparturient breakdown of immunity is often observed to result in increased fecal egg excretion, making them the main source of infection for their immunologically naive lambs. In this study, we expanded a simulation model previously developed for growing lambs to explore the impact of the genotype (performance and resistance traits) and host nutrition on the performance and parasitism of...

Topics

Animals
Anthelmintics
Genotype
Host-Parasite Interactions
Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic
Lactation
Reproduction
Sheep
Sheep Diseases
Trichostrongyloidea
Trichostrongyloidiasis

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PMID: 27356626
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182016000871

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