Feed resource selection of Criollo goats artificially infected with Haemonchus contortus: nutritional wisdom and prophylactic self-medication

Feed resource selection of Criollo goats artificially infected with Haemonchus contortus: nutritional wisdom and prophylactic self-medication

Previous cafeteria studies suggested that a moderate natural gastrointestinal nematode (GIN) infection did not modify the resource selection of adult Criollo goats towards tannin-rich plants compared with worm-free goats. A higher infection with Haemonchus contortus could trigger a change in the res...

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Main Authors: J. Ventura-Cordero, P.G. González-Pech, P.R. Jaimez-Rodriguez, G.I. Ortiz-Ocampo, C.A. Sandoval-Castro, J.F.J. Torres-Acosta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-01-01
Series:Animal
Subjects:
condensed tannins
resource selection
self-medication
selection index
tannin-rich foliage
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731117002634

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