Soil moisture influences the moisture content of sheep faeces

Author(s)
Saad, Khadijah
Kahn, Lewis
Walkden-Brown, Steve W
Bailey, Justin
Bowers, Sara F
Publication Date
2011
Abstract
Temperature and moisture are important variables controlling development of gastrointestinal nematode eggs to the infective larval stage (L3). Moisture effects development through rainfall amount and timing, but soil moisture may also be important. Larval development occurs within the faecal pellet and effects of moisture must occur through faecal moisture content (FMC). An experiment was conducted in a temperature-controlled incubator to determine the effect of soil moisture content and water application timing and amount on FMC.
Citation
Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference of the World Association of the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology
Link
https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/10182
Language
en
Publisher
Asociacion Argentina de Parasitologia Veterinaria (AAPAVET)
Title
Soil moisture influences the moisture content of sheep faeces
Type of document
Conference Publication
Entity Type
Publication

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