Genetic Resistance of Small East African Goats to Mixed Gastrointestinal Nematode Parasites
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Parasitology, HelminthologyAbstract
Within-breed variation in resistance to gastrointestinal nematode parasites in mature Small East African (SEA) goats was studied in Morogoro, Tanzania. Three strains of the breed namely Dodoma, Kigoma and Mtwara were used in the study. The study found that, there was a negative correlation between faecal egg count and blood eosinophil within-strains and it decreased with an increase in worm burdens.
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