Selective breeding for disease resistance utilises proven animal breeding methods to
improve animal health, welfare and productivity. Unsurprisingly, it is receiving more and …

Efficient and welfare-friendly livestock production demands the control of nematode
infection. Current control measures rely upon anthelmintic treatment but are threatened by …

Abstract African Animal Trypanosomiasis (AAT) is endemic in at least 37 of the 54 countries
in Africa. It is estimated to cause direct and indirect losses to the livestock production …

Neste artigo são revisados alguns conceitos importantes a serem considerados para o
controle de parasitas gastrintestinais em caprinos e ovinos. Descrevem-se as características …

Statistical analysis of parasitological data provides a powerful method for understanding the
biological processes underlying parasite infection. However, robust and reliable analysis of …

Gastrointestinal nematodes (GINs) are damaging parasites of global sheep populations. The
key weapons in fighting GINs have been anthelmintic drugs, but the emergence of drug …

Lambs show considerable genetic variation in faecal egg count following natural,
predominantly Ostertagia circumcincta infection. This genetic variation is acquired and not …

Individuals vary broadly in their response to vaccination and subsequent challenge
infection, with poor vaccine responders causing persistence of both infection and …

This book has been written in response to three stimuli. First, all over the world there is
evidence that the diversity of domesticated animals is under threat and students, opinion …

A study was undertaken from 1991 to 1994 on a farm in southern Poland to evaluate the
genetic parameters of resistance to gastrointestinal nematodes. The predominant species …