Bernes, Gun
- Department of Agricultural Research for Northern Sweden, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Abstract
A pen study was conducted to assess the effect of providing daily copper mineral supplement, or copper wire particle (COWP) capsules, on established or incoming mixed nematode infections in young sheep. For lambs with established (6 week old) infections, COWP resulted in 97% and 56% reduction of the adult and early L4 stages of H. contortus, respectively, compared with controls (p
Keywords
helminth; sheep; copper; organic; production; Sweden
Published in
Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica
2004, volume: 45, number: 45720, pages: 149-160
Publisher: DANSKE DYRLAEGEFORENING
SLU Authors
UKÄ Subject classification
Animal and Dairy Science
Veterinary Science
Publication identifier
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1751-0147-45-149
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/7865