Multitrait indices to predict worm length and number in sheep with natural, mixed predominantly Teladorsagia circumcincta infection.

Abstract:

:Accurately identifying resistance to gastrointestinal nematode infections requires the ability to identify animals with low and high intensities of infection. The pathogenic effects of nematodes depend upon both the length and number of worms, neither of which can be measured in live animals. Indices that predict these quantities are urgently needed. Monthly fecal egg counts, bodyweights, IgA concentrations and pepsinogen concentrations were measured on Scottish Blackface sheep naturally infected with a mixture of nematodes, predominantly Teladorsagia circumcincta. Worm number and average worm length were available on over 500 necropsied lambs. We derived predictive indices for worm length and number using linear combinations of traits measured in live animals. The correlations between the prediction values and the observed values were 0.55 for worm length and 0.51 for worm number. These indices can be used to identify the most resistance and susceptible lambs.

journal_name

Parasitology

journal_title

Parasitology

authors

Mair C,Matthews L,De Cisneros JP,Stefan T,Stear MJ

doi

10.1017/S0031182014001905

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2015-05-01 00:00:00

pages

773-82

issue

6

eissn

0031-1820

issn

1469-8161

pii

S0031182014001905

journal_volume

142

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