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Influence of dietary protein supply on resistance to infection with Haemonchus contortus in Ile de France and Santa Ines lambs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

P. A. Bricarello ,
A.F.T. Amarante ,
J.G.M. Houdijk ,
R.A. Rocha ,
S.L. Cabral Filho  and
S.M. Gennari
P. A. Bricarello
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Nutrição Animal, CENA - USP, Piracicaba - SP, Brazil
A.F.T. Amarante
Affiliation:
Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Biociências, UNESP, Botucatu - SP, Brazil
J.G.M. Houdijk
Affiliation:
Animal Nutrition and Health Department, Scottish Agricultural College, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JG, UK
R.A. Rocha
Affiliation:
Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Biociências, UNESP, Botucatu - SP, Brazil
S.L. Cabral Filho
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Nutrição Animal, CENA - USP, Piracicaba - SP, Brazil
S.M. Gennari
Affiliation:
Departamento de Medicina Preventiva e Saúde Animal, FMVZ-USP, São Paulo - SP, Brazil
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Anthelmintic resistance is rapidly increasing in the tropical and subtropical regions of Latin America, indicating the necessity for studies on alternative for the control of gastrointestinal nematodes in sheep. Protein supplementation has long been known to improve the resilience and resistance to gastrointestinal nematodes (Coop and Holmes, 1996). However, such effects of protein supplementation may differ between breeds of sheep. Santa Ines young sheep show higher resistance against natural infections with gastrointestinal nematodes than Ile de France and Suffolk sheep (Amarante, 2002). The purpose of this experiment was to determine whether a high level of soybean meal in the diet could improve the resistance to Haemonchus contortus in Ile de France and Santa Ines lambs.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2003 , 2003 , pp. 93
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2003

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