Immune and inflammatory responses to reproductive tract infection with Tritrichomonas foetus in immunized and control heifers

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 594-600

  Anderson, Mark L ^a   BonDurant, Robert H ^a   Corbeil, Robert R ^a,b   Corbeil, Lynette B ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NONHUMAN; TRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; TRICHOMONAS; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

EID: 0029743838     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3283783     Document Type: Article

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