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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1985-4-9
pubmed:abstractText
An experiment was conducted to examine the influence of dietary protein on parasite establishment and pathogenesis of Haemonchus contortus in lambs of two breeds. Finn Dorset and Scottish Blackface. The lambs were introduced to high protein (170 g crude protein (CP) kg-1 dry matter (DM) or low protein (88 g CP kg-1 DM) diets at three months old and infected one month later with 125 larvae (kg bodyweight)-1. Blood and faecal samples were collected for analysis and bodyweights recorded weekly. The lambs were killed 20 weeks after infection. A second experiment was conducted in Blackface lambs solely to determine the influence on parasite establishment of the high and low protein diets following infection with 125 larvae kg-1. These lambs were killed five or 14 weeks after infection. Results showed that in Scottish Blackface lambs dietary protein did not significantly influence the establishment of H contortus. However, in Finn Dorset lambs dietary protein may have influenced parasite establishment since lambs on the low protein diet had a higher faecal egg output four weeks after infection and more severe clinical signs than infected lambs of the same breed on a high protein diet.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0034-5288
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
38
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
6-13
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1985
pubmed:articleTitle
Influence of dietary protein on parasite establishment and pathogenesis in Finn Dorset and Scottish Blackface lambs given a single moderate infection of Haemonchus contortus.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't