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Worm Egg Counts of Ewes after Artificially-induced Ovulation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

N. E. Downey
N. E. Downey
Affiliation:
Agricultural Institute, Dunsinea, Castleknock, Co. Dublin
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A post-parturient rise in worm egg count was seen in ewes which lambed in the autumn following ovulation induced by hormone treatment. Similarly treated ewes in the same flock which proved to be barren showed only a slight increase in egg count. There were indications that hormone treatment may be associated with egg count rises which differ in intensity and duration from those reported in ewes which ovulate spontaneously.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 42 , Issue 1-2 , August 1968 , pp. 33 - 36
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1968

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