Some relationships between age, immune responsiveness and resistance to parasites in ruminants

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 26, Issue 8-9, 1996, Pages 869-877

  Colditz, I G ^c   Watson, D L ^a   Gray, G D ^b   Eady, S J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

dags; disease resistance; gastrointestinal nematodes; genetic selection; immune responsiveness

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; VACCINE;

AGE; AUSTRALIA; CATTLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; SHEEP; VACCINATION; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; NEMATODA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0030221924     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(96)80058-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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