The role of the sheath in resistance of Haemonchus contortus infective-stage larvae to proteolytic digestion

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 267-276

  Fetterer, R H ^a   Rhoads, M L ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cuticular proteins; Helminth; Nematode; Parasite; Protease; Surface

Indexed keywords

PROTEINASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTION; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; LARVA; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALIA; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; VERMES;

EID: 0030590454     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-4017(95)00926-4     Document Type: Article

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