An ovine lymphocyte antigen is associated with reduced faecal egg counts in four-month-old lambs following natural, predominantly Ostertagia circumcincta infection

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 423-428

  Stear, M J ^a   Bairden, K ^a   Bishop, S C ^b   Buitkamp, J ^c   Epplen, J T ^c   Gostomski, D ^c   McKellar, Q A ^a   Schwaiger, F W ^c   Wallace, D S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

faecal egg count; major histocompatibility complex; markers; nematode; Ostertagia circumcincta; Sheep; Teladorsagia circumcincta

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE SULFOXIDE; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; FECES; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; LAMB; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NONHUMAN; OSTERTAGIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRICHOSTRONGYLOSIS;

OSTERTAGIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; TELADORSAGIA CIRCUMCINCTA;

EID: 0029938416     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0020-7519(96)00002-1     Document Type: Article

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