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Genetic resistance of three genotypes of goats to experimental infection with Haemonchus contortus.
Veterinary parasitology - 1 Jan 1997
Pralomkarn W, Pandey V S, Ngampongsai W, Choldumrongkul S, Saithanoo S, Rattaanachon L, Verhulst A
Abstract excerpt
A total of 46 weaned kids of three genotypes aged about 4-5 months were used to evaluate the effects of trickle infection with a sheep strain of Haemonchus contortus. A completely randomized 3 x 2 factorial design was used. Factors were genotype (Thai native (TN), 75% TN x 25% Anglo-Nubian (AN) and 50% TN x 50% AN) and parasite (control and infected). The animals were infected with 750 infective larvae (L3) of H....
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