Relationship Between Resistance to Boophilus Microplus, Nutritional Status, and Blood Composition in Shorthorn X Hereford Cattle
J Cc O'kelly and GW Seifert
Australian Journal of Biological Sciences
22(6) 1497 - 1506
Published: 1969
Abstract
Relationships between nutrition, blood composition, and tick resistance were studied in three groups of six yearling Shorthorn X Hereford steers. Feeding was ad libitum and group I was offered lucerne hay and safflower seeds, group II lucerne hay only, and group III wheat straw supplemented with molasses. All animals were infested five times with 0·5 g tick larvae during the treatment period of 62 days.https://doi.org/10.1071/BI9691497
© CSIRO 1969
