The effect of dietary protein levels before turnout on subsequent faecal nematode egg output of grazing sheep in the Joannina region of Greece.

doi:10.1016/s0034-5288(98)90156-4

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The effect of dietary protein levels before turnout on subsequent faecal nematode egg output of grazing sheep in the Joannina region of Greece.

Research in veterinary science - 1 Jan 2000

Theodoropoulos G, Zervas G, Koutsotolis K, Nikolaou E, Kalogiannis D, Petrakos G

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The effect of dietary protein levels before turnout on the subsequent faecal egg output of gastrointestinal nematodes was examined in two genotypes of grazing sheep, with or without anthelmintic treatment. Lambs were given a low protein (LP) or a high protein (HP) diet for three months (December...

Topics

Animals
Dietary Proteins
Eating
Feces
Genotype
Greece
Immunity, Innate
Parasite Egg Count
Sheep
Sheep Diseases
Trichostrongyloidiasis

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