A number of 'scientific' terms used in this case study, perhaps not familiar to the reader, are listed here.
| Anthelmintic
treatment: |
a
chemical treatment used to treat gastro-intestinal
parasites. |
| Dam: |
the female parent of an animal, especially of domestic livestock.
|
| Diallel design: |
a two-way factorial design involving sire breed and dam breed in an animal experiment.
|
| Faecal egg count: |
a count of the number of parasite eggs found in a sample of faeces from an animal.
|
| Genotype: |
the genetic constitution of an animal.
|
| Helminth: |
a parasite found in the intestines of livestock. |
| Helminthiasis: |
the disease caused by the presence of helminths.
|
| Offspring: |
the immediate descendant of an animal.
|
| Packed cell volume: |
the percentage of blood cells in an animal's blood (measurement obtained by spinning a sample in a centrifuge to separate blood cells from serum - the watery liquid
component). |
| Sire: |
the male parent of an animal, especially of domestic livestock. |
