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The repeatability of faecal egg counts, peripheral eosinophil counts, and plasma pepsinogen concentrations during deliberate infections with Ostertagia circumcincta

Faecal egg counts, peripheral blood eosinophil counts and plasma pepsinogen concentrations were monitored during 2 successive, […]
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The distribution of faecal nematode egg counts in Scottish Blackface lambs following natural, predominantly Ostertagia circumcincta infection

Faecal samples were taken in 2 consecutive years from Scottish Blackface lambs on a commercial farm […]
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Response of dorper and red Maasai lambs to trickle Haemonchus contortus infections

Six-month-old red Maasai lambs were more resistant than Dorper lambs to repeated infections at one to […]
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Resistance of four sheep breeds to natural and subsequent artificial Haemonchus contortus infection

The response of Red Maasai sheep to natural and artificial Haemonchus contortus infections was compared with […]
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New strategies to control worms in goat keepers’ herds – Validated RNRRS Output

This is one of 280 summaries describing key outputs from the projects run by DFID’s 10-year […]
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Improving the livelihood of resource-poor goat farmers in Southern Africa through strategic drug and nutritional interventions against gastro-intestinal nematode infections

The Department for International Development (DFID) Animal Health Programme (AHP) is to fund a project (R8151) […]
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Heligmosomoides polygyrus and Trypanosoma Congo Republiclense infections in mice: a laboratory model for concurrent gastrointestinal nematode and trypanosome infections

A murine model using Heligmosomoides polygyrus and Trypanosoma Congo Republiclense has been developed for studying the […]
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Genetic resistance to parasitic disease: particularly of resistance in ruminants to gastrointestinal nematodes

There is substantial variation among individuals in susceptibility to a wide variety of parasitic diseases and […]
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Different patterns of faecal egg output following infection of Scottish Blackface lambs with Ostertagia circumcincta

Faecal nematode egg counts were monitored in 184 Scottish Blackface lambs during natural exposure to a […]
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Class I and Class II Major Histocompatibility Complex Alleles are associated with faecal egg counts following natural, predominantly Ostertagia Cicumcinta infection

During a previous investigation an association was found between major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-DRB1 alleles and faecal […]
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An ovine major histocompatibility complex DRBI allele is associated with low faecal egg counts following natural, predominantly Ostertagia circumcincta infection

Infection with Ostertagia circumcincta is a major constraint on sheep production in temperate areas of the […]
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Local and plasma antibody responses to the parasitic larval stages of the abomasal nematode Ostertagia circumcincta

Ovine isotype-specific antibody responses to the parasitic larval stages of the abosomal nematode Ostertagia circumcincta were […]