Plants have been used throughout history for their medicinal properties. This use has often
focused on human health but plants have also been, and still are, applied in ethnoveterinary …

Interactions between host nutrition and feeding behaviour are central to understanding the
pathophysiological consequences of infections of the digestive tract with parasitic …

Summarizing landmark research, Volume 2 of this essential series furnishes information on
the availability of germplasm resources that breeders can exploit for producing high-yielding …

The use of rotations and minimum tillage in agriculture can permit more sustainable
production through increasing soil organic matter and nutrients, and breaking of pathogen …

Grassland for livestock production is a major form of land use throughout Europe and its
intensive management threatens biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in agricultural …

Increasing drug resistance in gastrointestinal (GI) parasites of livestock and concerns about
chemical residues in animal products and the environment are driving the development of …

'Sustainable intensification'is now often used to describe the future direction for agriculture
and food production as a way to address the challenges of increasing global population …

Anthelmintics, veterinary medicines for the control of endoparasites, enter into the
environment largely through faeces of the treated animals. Sheep dung is a patchily …

A dynamic and innovative approach to managing the blood-consuming nematode
Haemonchus contortus in goats is critical to crack dependence on veterinary anthelmintics …

Two experiments studied the effects of dietary chicory against gastrointestinal nematodes in
cattle. In Experiment (Exp.) 1, stabled calves were fed chicory silage (CHI1; n= 9) or …